{Christmas cereal 2017}
The bulk of this year's winter vacation can be summed up with the following -- lots of junk was eaten, many a game was played (especially Monopoly), and way too much sugar was consumed.
{Alex drew an elf on the back of one of the 20's in the Monopoly game, and it became our running bit that it brought luck to whoever ended up having it. For several games straight, the person who got the elf wound up winning the whole thing. The most epic example was when I was behind Ethan and Grace by A LOT -- to the point that when Scott left with Sophie to do some Christmas shopping, they assumed I'd be out and the game would be over long before they were back -- and once I got the lucky elf, I ended up winning the whole thing. It was our longest game ever, with a total clock time of 5 hours and it was epic-ly amazing. We were still playing when Scott and Sophie got back from their errands and they were genuinely shocked. Hahahahahaha. It was awesome.}
Overall, though, I'd have to say that the biggest hits of the break were playing lots of games and hanging with the cousins. We knew that Isaac would be difficult (to say the least) with traveling over to Indiana, so we threw the older kids a bone and let them head over to Kristin's a few days earlier than the rest of us, so that they could get their Winter Bash in without us having to deal with a terribly-sleeping-toddler for too many extra days. Scott and I headed over with the younger three on Friday afternoon, and we all enjoyed the New Year's weekend with family. The Tweedles in particular were especially excited that we let them stay up until midnight on Sunday to ring in the New Year. Isaac joined in as well, since he was already awake again at that point for his middle of the night rendezvous. Haha.
{My decorated gingerbread house.}
As far as games go, we had fun with some new ones AND some old ones over the last couple of weeks. Sushi Go, Anomia, and Codenames were a hit, as was Euchre -- which the cousins taught the older ones how to play. And along with Monopoly at our house, it was just as fun to dust off Bananagrams with Kristin's crew. On a related front, Scott and I brushed up on our nerd-ery this break with a book of crossword puzzles that was far more exciting than you would have ever thought possible. Because let me tell you -- it was practically an extreme sport to try and complete a Wednesday puzzle with the paltry amount of sleep left to us by Isaac. Hahahaha.
FroYo run with the little ones while Scott was driving the older ones to our cousin swap spot.
All in all, good times were had by all! So good, in fact, that no one bothered to pause for a minute and take any pictures. Oh well! You've seen one New Year's Eve Bash you've seen them all, right??? Hahahaha. So Long, Farewell to 2017! :)
1 comment:
just for the record... you got freddie into crossword puzzles. I remember at the beginning of christmas break he told me he was on his way to barnes & noble to buy some crossword books.
then when we hung out at his place shortly after christmas, he passed me his book and pen and told me to try it out, and that i might surprise myself by A) liking it and B) being better at it than I thought.
well he was totally right on both accords!!! By starting out with EASY puzzles, you get the hang of the rhyme, if you will. So I picked up an "EASY ONLY" book at the grocery soon afterwards. after finishing a couple of the puzzles, i'd work on them at night and Jeremy wanted to get involved, too! It is a very fun JOINT activity. We cruise through the puzzles SO FAST with both of our brains working together. It's nice to be reminded how well we compliment each other by our differences.
Oh, and now Pearce is in on it, too! Bc these are all easy... quite of few of the clues are easy enough for kids!!! I know she gets a kick out of it when she can "help" and tell us an answer.
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