I’ve been trying to play more games with the kids. We have them, and we rarely play them. Why? I am now making time to play the card games, board games and puzzles.

So far Avery and I have played Boggle, mancala and Spit. She’s beat 3 out of 4 games of mancala!! I made her a deal that when she finds a word in Boggle that I don’t have, I’ll give her a quarter. She earned herself 75 cents tonight.

Sawyer and I have put together 4 puzzles and played with a tangram set we have. He is really good at it. He can “build” the easy shapes, no problem. I was quite impressed with him and I am happy that he wants to play it again.