Gilberto is playing Crazy Eights with Gabi.
Gabi: Mom, Daddy is cheating already! He keeps winning!
Me: Well, sometimes people just win a lot, and it's not cheating. Crazy Eights is more a game of luck than a game of skill, honey.
Gilberto: Yes, I am VERY lucky. Just FULL of luck.
Gabi: Well, then, I'm taking all of your luck right out of you and putting it in me!
And then she won!
Gabi: I won! Mommy, I'm lucky! I'm lucky! I have all that good luck inside me now!
It's so much fun now that Gabi is old enough to play card games. Pretty soon I'll have a chess companion. Or better yet, someone to play Yahtzee with! I get tired of playing Yahtzee by myself all of the time (though it really does help hone one's strategy).
Did I just reveal too much about myself?
Anyway, Gabi and Gilberto are now playing a rousing game of I Have More Luck Than You. Only in our house would an innocent game of Crazy Eights turn into an all out fight between a grown man and a four year old girl over who has more luck than the other.
LOL That's the fun thing about kids. They can turn most ANYTHING into a game!
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh because I can totally see this happening when our kids are old enough to play games with us. We are a very competitive family, especially when it comes to card games!
ReplyDeleteAs sharp as Gabi is, her daddy ought to teach her how to play poker. It's a great father/daughter exchange, plus it enhances math skills.
ReplyDeleteWell you know two people concentrating on the same positive outcome is more powerful then one person opposing it, so Gabi is on a STREAK!
ReplyDeleteOhhh...you are so lucky to have a Yahtzee partner! I am jealous--that's one of my favorite games ever. But you better watch out with all the luck that she has now :)
ReplyDeleteoh friend this post made my heart smile.
ReplyDeletei so look forward to these random family fun nights. the things kids say...just amazing.
thanks for sharing :)
I felt like this with Kyle's daughter this past winter! he first time when I met her, she was almost a baby and she didn't talk a lot, actually she didn't talk anything I understood! hehe! But the past winter she was talkign so much, I could understand her and do things together. It was so much fun! :)
ReplyDeleteHahaha!
ReplyDeleteHow funny :)
Don't you worry about honing those yahtzee skills in your spare time. You never know when you might need that skill ;)
And to think, I get kinda sad when I lose at Candyland!
ReplyDeleteI don't like playing games with my kids. Does that make me a bad mother?
ReplyDeleteYesterday I had to play three rounds of Go Fish with my kids and wanted to poke my eyes out!
Oh, that's something I hadn't thought of! My wife has never really got into playing chess with me, but when our baby arrives I can train it up to play! Fantastic! :)
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