Playing a game at our house is a bit of an oxymoron.
Because playing indicates doing something for amusement or recreation.
Which is actually, with good intentions, what we always start out doing.
When The Grunter got off work early Saturday night we broke out Scrabble for a healthy game of word fun.
Scary Baby partnered up with Daddy for a little while. But Daddy tends to get grouchy as the board fills up and he ends up with no vowels and all consonants.
And has to skip a turn and forfeit a scoring turn to trade in a few tiles.
That becomes the pivotal moment where he falls behind.
More grouchiness ensues.
Thankfully Scary Baby falls asleep.
So she doesn’t have to witness what happens when The Grunter beats him by 3 points and Mom forges ahead to beat them both…
I had to unwad the tiny ball that was the scoresheet.
He threw it at us just as you would expect a grown man to do when having fun and “playing a game” with his family.
We are marvelous role models for our children. We try to alternate our mature grownup behavior so the kids can witness how to have fun every single day.
No wonder The Grunter’s girlfriend quietly observed that she didn’t think she wanted to play Scrabble with us. A bit too intense and we do keep score.
Does your family play board games? Is it fun and games or cutthroat competition?
One year ago..
One quick question: How is it that women have evolved so much over the years but men still retain their cave-man like behavior?
If you enjoy scrabble, get crazy and get the card game Scrabble Slam. Fast paced and fun this game is a combo between Scrabble and War where the first one out of cards is the winner. Of course, it might be a bit too competitive for those slow spellers and the crankiness of the losers may be too much for the winner to endure!
Scrabble is a HUGE game in our family. I didn’t beat my dad until I was 30! I still have the score sheet to prove it. I almost beat him when I was 24 but I ended up losing by 1 point. I should have challenged him on the word he put down. Live and Learn. My 8 year old son loves to play now and there is none of this Scrabble Junior going on. He plays the REAL game (with some help from his Dad).
We also play Aggravation, Clue, Monopoly and Chutes & Ladders.
Our family favorite right now is Ticket to Ride followed by Qwerkle, Settlers of Catan and Five Crowns! And just for the record – I hate Scrabble but my husband loves it.
@Tammy–Disclaimer on PhilBillPaul throwing scoresheet at us. We were all laughing and are used to it.
We’ll have to try the card game!
@Joanne–Intense Scrabble players can remember the score of their highest word, that game back in _____ and what everyone’s score was. I think it’s one of those love it or hate it games and we do love it too! Way to go on finally beating your dad!!!
@Leigh Anne–Ooooh, sounds like you would be fun to play Scrabble with. I’m sure you can cater a whole event in between words because it must be the slowest game on the planet for you. ROFL