Mixing it up with Forza 4 and M&M’s

Thanks to the Collective Bias®  Social Fabric® Community for making this post on Forza 4 and M&M’s® possible.  All thoughts and opinions are my own. To say that our kids hog the living room TV would be an understatement!  Even if they aren’t watching the TV, odds are that they have claimed most of the floor with Barbie dolls, dinosaurs, or cars or have set up a whole tent system with blankets, claiming all of the seats in the room. It’s tough because it’s the only room in the house really suitable for gaming, but I can’t really play the games that I prefer to play with my 4-year-old in the room.  That’s why I love the, oh so infrequent, days when all of my work is done for the week and I can spend the 3 hours that Matthew is in preschool playing on my XBox 360.  Even better are the days when Beth is off of work and can join in. Beth is not a big gamer and tends to prefer shorter-lived games.  That’s why racing games like Forza 4 are great for her!  She can run a track or two, play for 15 minutes or so, watch me run a few, and then move on to something else while I continue playing.  She can hop in here and there as she likes.  No big deal! Any good gaming session requires a good snack.  Personally, I want something that is sweet and salty with a nice crunch.  A few months ago, I just threw together a snack with a few different items for Sophie, our middle child.  It was primarily pretzels and popcorn mixed together and she got it all mixed up in her head and called in a “mixical”.  We’ve been making different variations of mixicals ever since.  One of my favorites combines the saltiness of pretzels and the chocolatey goodness of M&M’s® with the gooey texture of marshmallows and the fluffiness of popcorn.  It is incredibly delicious and it’s easy to grab a small handful while waiting for the next race to load. If you look hard enough, you can still find Forza 4 for XBox on shelves, but most of the larger stores are moving it out to make room for Forza 5 for the new XBox One, both of which come out on November 22.  I am so excited for the new XBox One!  While Beth won’t let me get one just yet, I am trying to convince the kids that they really want one for Christmas.  We’ll see how that turns out.  I’m really hoping for the chance to win one and I may just get that chance thanks to M&M’s®.  You could, too!  Here’s how!

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