Monday night is family night, just like Friday night is date night.

What is good for the goose is good for the husband.

After my wife gave a great lesson, we did the dishes, popped in Super Mario Strikers and fought the footie forces of the Mushroom kingdom on the field and the crying baby who didn't want to go to sleep.

My wife and I enjoyed the opportunity to team-up and play the cup mode in Strikers. With her background in Soccer and my background in games, it was a concentrated effort. My wife even took the MVP award in one match scoring all of our goals in the 6-1 win over Mario.

Unfortunately, neither of us could prevail in teaching our child to sleep on her own. So far, she is rebuffing all parental attempts to sleep on a decent schedule.