All Dressed Up

You can dress them up, but you can't take them out.


They go through spurts with their DSes. When they are all into them, it's like they can't even stop for a second. It's all, "Can I finish this level first?"

Grrr.

Whenever I say we are going somewhere it is, "Can we bring our DSes?"

Hence Warren and I are working on rules and etiquette.

1. 9 times out of 10 what I am asking them to do is more important than them finishing a level.
2. DSes are not allowed in restaurants.
3. In the car is okay as long as they turn them off the minute we get out.
4. They are not allowed on sleepovers/playdates unless the invitation comes from a kid who has his own DS.
5. Never at school unless you manage to convince your teacher you need to show the class pictures of something you have inside of your DSi.
6. Every once in awhile the DSes need to disappear so that everyone remembers what life is like without them.

And yes, I broke rule #4 today. I was tricked by a variation of rule #5. "We just want to take pictures at the party!" they swore.

What are your rules/etiquette?