"Daddy, daddy! I found a new game we can play," said an over-excited 7-year old.

Pete's attention shifted from the TV to his youngest daughter.

"It's not another Candy Land game, is it baby?" he asked.

"No," said Lita as she climbed on his lap and took out the iPad. Both were on the couch in the living room.

"Okay…" said Pete, adjusting himself to accommodate his little girl. "What new game is it then?"

"Candy Crush!" exclaimed Lita.

Pete dropped his head back. "Sweetheart…" he groaned, rolling his eyes. "That's a game just like Candy Land!"

"No, it isn't, look, they have cartoons!"

"Lita, the other game had cartoons as well!"

"But these ones are funny! Look!" Lita said. She opened the app on the device and showed Pete the home screen. "See? This is Tiffi. I like her because she has a bow on her head."

"Okay honey…" Pete sighed. As much as he hated to, he muted the TV so he could concentrate on the game with Lita. "Show me how it works"

"It's really easy, you just have to move the candies that flash on the screen." She tapped on the screen to open a level and demonstrate what she meant. "See? I swipped these two and they exploded. That's how I get points."

"I think you mean swapped honey," said Pete.

Lita turned her head around to look at Pete, a frown on her face. "I swapped then. C'mon your turn."

Pete couldn't help but notice she had already played 11 levels by herself. "How long have you been playing this game?"

"Just a few minutes. But I want to play with you."

"Alright, what should I do?" he asked. Having had more than enough experience with Candy Land, Pete already knew the mechanist of the game but wanted to let her explain regardless.

"Just move the flashing ones around and form a line. Like this," on the screen, she swapped two pieces of candy to form a line of three. These exploded and triggered a chain reaction which increased the score. "Now you try!"

Pete did as he was told until he cleared the level. He had to admit this game was different from Candy Land; at least it had better graphics and music.

"Next level!" exclaimed Lita. She tapped on the screen and selected a new level. "With this one you have to get three cherries to drop to the bottom" she said.

Pete frowned. "Okay…" he said, then set about swapping pieces of candy around the screen. At one point, one full line of sweets joined together to form a super candy. Lita got excited.

"A color bomb! Swipe it, swipe it with that one!" she squealed.

"Do you mean swap, honey?"

"Yes!" exclaimed Lita. "Just move it there!"

Pete did so and lightning rays from the color bomb struck the other candies. What seemed like hundreds of sweets exploded, words like 'Tasty' and 'Sweet' flashed on the screen. Not long after, Pete created another color bomb, which made Lita very excited.

"Another bomb! Swap it!" she exclaimed.

"Oh, can't swap it just yet, it's not flashing." Pete explained.

He continued swapping candies around. Two moves later, the color bomb began to flash.

"It's flashing now, it's flashing!" said Lita.

Pete moved the color bomb and candies everywhere exploded. It happened so fast, he didn't even have to touch the screen anymore. Soon enough, the words 'Sugar Rush' flashed on the screen and sweets continued exploding.

"Look it's the fishies!" said Lita.

Pete saw how gummy fishes came on the screen and devoured candy all around. The level had been cleared.

"Next level!" Lita shouted excitedly, a big smile on her face.

As dull as Pete knew the next level would be, he wouldn't trade moments like this one for the world.