Good post Joe.
Take comfort in the fact you are not alone. I've got a girl and 2 boys, 15, 12, 9 respectively and we don't own an Xbox or Wii or a Commodore 64.
They don't have their own cell phone or land line and can carry on a conversation with an adult (well, the 9 year old can't much)
They play outside all of the time. I've got a basketball goal on the driveway and they somehow manage to use our sloping frontyard for football, soccer and frisbee.
They use their imagination, don't drink cokes or eat a lot of sweets, have pretty much no body fat (wish I could say the same) and don't complain about not having all of those electro-gizmos.
The only sad part is that there are few other boys on the block. My boys invite them out to play, but the other boys just stay inside and play video games. They rarely come outside.
OK, I think I've broken my arm now patting myself on the back. But I just wanted to let you know---Mayberry still exists
Bruce