Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Feed the Woozle

Tonight, instead of watching a movie before bedtime, I tried a board game.  Tuesday night, Board game night, right?  A new tradition?  Also, I patronized my local small business - walking through downtown Exeter I saw this game, Feed the Woozle, in the WhirlyGig's kids store and I had to buy it.  Finally, it was not an impulse buy as I have walked by it at least once a week all summer long and did not buy it.  So, pretty much, today I am awesome, non-impulsive, well thought-out, educational for my kids, green, and economist and super mom.  This is a big deal for me as I do not put notes in my kids lunch box nor have I yet taken first day of school photos for my kids (they are not in school yet...  but as per peer pressure I probably will have a post tomorrow with the first day of school photos).  Alas.

Feed the Woozle.  $20.  Probably a waste, but we all loved it.  James, Joel Andrew and I all sat, played, took turns.  Joel AND James learned to read the numbers off the dice (yeah only 1, 2, 3 - but still) and we all had a good time.  We played three rounds, each time having a different member of the family start the round.  We counted, we cheered each other on.  It was epic bonding and parenting time by me.    Yes, $20 was worth it.

Perhaps the start for me to be more involved, less let's watch a movie?  Not sure...  This did come after James had crazy melt downs all day - and needed to be picked up early from daycare, brought to the Dr who was no help - "maybe he has strep, no, probably just getting his molars..."  These molars better come in quick as the baby man is a mess.  He screamed his entire way through Applecrest when I tried to get the kid vanilla ice cream.  Shouldn't that help?

Alas, tomorrow is a new day - the first day of school?  Do you think they will want to play Feed the Woozle again?  What board games do you play with your little guys?

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