Monday, April 27, 2015

Game Night

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So Last week My husband and I thought it had been a while since we had a family game night.



"Great idea hon" he smiled.


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I was really looking forward to it. When you have two teens in the house...One or both are always running in different directions. These days I feel more like a Chauffeur then a Mom.


So it was settled. We would have a nice dinner and settle down for a good old fashioned game night.



I even went out and bought a few new games to add to out collection....


          Qwirkle
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                     and Taboo
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So we finally sat down to have our game night


                       My 13 year-old-son was like
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My seventeen year-old-daughter was like
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                                                                 My Daughter
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         You get the picture.



                "This is boring...!" my daughter would say about the game we chose to play.

                "This game is fun" said my Son.



Sooooo we pushed on....


                  We started with quirkle...


                                    My son got right to it
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My Daughter,...
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Stress over SATs and AP tests, and choosing a college are getting to her...





 We played two games and guess who won all...

                                 You got it...
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This week we had the opportunity to play again.


               Everyone was on board.


                  In an age where so much is going wrong in the world....Home should be a place where we can be ourselves, be joyful and loved, even when we are not that lovable at the moment. ...a place where we reconnect when the whole world seems to be out of sync.

                   and maybe win a game against a grumpy teen....sweet!






                                        

9 comments:

  1. Good for you making the effort to have family night...it's not done enough these days.

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  2. I think more people should have game nights. When all my kids are together, which is extremely rare, I love when they break out the games and slip back to the good ole' days.

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    1. Hi Sally! I just love the laughter that inevitably happens!

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  3. Very cool! Have you tried Jenga Max?

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    1. Hi Ginny, I think I saw it in the store...Its the giant Jenga right? I must try it out sometime!

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  4. I raised four boys and they all loved board games and I think still do. We also played cards a lot. Sure wish they were all close enough to play some games. Have fun with your kids! Hugs, Diane

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  5. Joanne,
    Long time no see
    I am coming back to the bloggy thing
    you may, you may not - remember me
    Danny from an old site you used to visit -- Anything at Anytime
    the guy who helped you build your "Button" over there on the right
    you used to carry mine with the Heading "Music Mondaze"
    well,
    Now I am starting again with a new but old site -- Anything at Anytime.... Again
    scrunch it together with out the spaces and dots ad ".BlogSpot.com"
    and I hope to see you soon
    Good to see you have been keeping this going and looking good
    flip back and forth between old and new and tell me what you think

    Danny

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  6. Well, the link works coming over here from over there at the new site...
    Hope to hear from you....?
    Danny

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