Tucker, Hannah and I enjoyed a game of Monopoly on Sunday afternoon while the babies napped and Avery spent the day at her friend's house. I took all sorts of neat pictures of him and when I do finally get a chance to sit down and blog almost a week later, I can't find them anymore. I tried syncing all my music from my computer onto my phone for our trip and in the process, I lost some of my pictures and the music didn't sync anyway. Overall, I was not impressed.
My goal over the next year or two is to invest in a nice camera and learn how to take nice pictures. I would have more motivation to blog if I had nice pictures to go along with the stories.
So anyway, Tucker taught us how to play Monopoly on Sunday. I never knew these rules but I was fortunate enough to have a son who is very knowledgeable on the subject.
1. Before you start playing, give everyone a huge chunk of money, leaving nothing in the bank.
2. Divide out all of the property cards equally.
3. Put houses and hotels on every property that you're sitting by.
4. Wiggle the dice to start the game.
5. If you wiggle a 5, for example, it's okay to stretch that 5 over 12 spaces, as long as you count out loud to five.
6. If you need a 1, it's okay to keep wiggling the dice until you get a 1. If that doesn't work, you can always put the dice down with the 1 facing up.
7. If you don't want to go to jail, no problem. Just go around it and keep playing.
Piper and Milo have been sick all week and just as it seems they're on the mend, one of them barfs or spikes a temp. I feel as if we've been trapped in this house with no option to go anywhere.
Today, everyone is better except for a stray runny nose and I decided we are getting out of dodge and making a three block trip to the local library.
This morning, like every morning, Piper asked me what we're doing today.
"Going to the library." I whispered, not wanting to spoil the surprise for the older kids.
"Wibary?" she whispered back. "I can?"
"Yes, you can!" I said.
"Piper can go?" she asked, again, just to make sure she heard me right.
There was a highlight earlier this week, when the kids finally got to move into their new room! It still needs carpet but we won't carpet it until the other room is done. Their new room is the small room upstairs, and it's small. There's a twin bed, a toddler bed, a crib and a pack and play stuffed into it with just enough room to move from bed to bed. I apologized to the kids, reassuring them the other room would soon be done and they wouldn't all have to share such a tiny room.
"But we love sharing a room!" Avery said. "We giggle until we fall asleep!"
So I won't worry about it, then.
My goal over the next year or two is to invest in a nice camera and learn how to take nice pictures. I would have more motivation to blog if I had nice pictures to go along with the stories.
So anyway, Tucker taught us how to play Monopoly on Sunday. I never knew these rules but I was fortunate enough to have a son who is very knowledgeable on the subject.
1. Before you start playing, give everyone a huge chunk of money, leaving nothing in the bank.
2. Divide out all of the property cards equally.
3. Put houses and hotels on every property that you're sitting by.
4. Wiggle the dice to start the game.
5. If you wiggle a 5, for example, it's okay to stretch that 5 over 12 spaces, as long as you count out loud to five.
6. If you need a 1, it's okay to keep wiggling the dice until you get a 1. If that doesn't work, you can always put the dice down with the 1 facing up.
7. If you don't want to go to jail, no problem. Just go around it and keep playing.
Piper and Milo have been sick all week and just as it seems they're on the mend, one of them barfs or spikes a temp. I feel as if we've been trapped in this house with no option to go anywhere.
Today, everyone is better except for a stray runny nose and I decided we are getting out of dodge and making a three block trip to the local library.
This morning, like every morning, Piper asked me what we're doing today.
"Going to the library." I whispered, not wanting to spoil the surprise for the older kids.
"Wibary?" she whispered back. "I can?"
"Yes, you can!" I said.
"Piper can go?" she asked, again, just to make sure she heard me right.
There was a highlight earlier this week, when the kids finally got to move into their new room! It still needs carpet but we won't carpet it until the other room is done. Their new room is the small room upstairs, and it's small. There's a twin bed, a toddler bed, a crib and a pack and play stuffed into it with just enough room to move from bed to bed. I apologized to the kids, reassuring them the other room would soon be done and they wouldn't all have to share such a tiny room.
"But we love sharing a room!" Avery said. "We giggle until we fall asleep!"
So I won't worry about it, then.
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