Game Night

With the kids being so competitive I decided that we should try to harness some of that winning spirit and put it into a family game night. The kids have some favorites that they keep wanting to play, but we recently got some new games for Christmas that have really been a lot of fun. 

Pop the Pig is a quick fun game to play. You shove cheeseburgers in the pigs mouth and then press on his head the number of times that was on the cheeseburger that he just ate. The winner of the game is the person that "Pops" his belly out. As a nurse I can only think of the practice dummies at CPR certification when the kids are pressing on his head because it makes the same sound. 

My mother got me a new game for Christmas too called Blokus. It is one of my favorite games that I have picked up from playing over at my brothers house. Did I mention that my brother is slightly obsessed with board games? The game says that it is for 7+ year old but both of the kids really enjoy it. For a while I was actually undefeated. Now I spend so much time trying to help the kids find a perfect spot that I have actually been dethroned as the champ. 

The kids really like this game where you have a big board full of Disney scenes and you have to find certain objects within the pictures. You have to find random objects like plates, fish, bridges, etc.

Uno is our new go to. It is fairly quick and the kids were really quick to pick up the rules. The only issue the kids have is with trying to hold their cards. They try to build a barricade or some device so that nobody sees their cards. They have actually been pretty resourceful with how to block people from seeing their cards.

Another game of Blokus!

Oh no! The Yeti is about to fall into the spaghetti.

Yeti in my Spaghetti is another quick and easy game that the kids like to play.

Not every game night has ended well. With two kids who are really competitive it sometimes means that when someone wins that the other one is really sad. For some reason it doesn't really matter if Jennifer or I win. It is only a problem when the sibling wins.

Family game night has been a lot of fun for us and I am so glad to see the competitiveness that the kids are learning. I sometimes have to remind them that it is in fact ok when you don't win. The world is not going to end, but rather that there will be more games to play. Thanks for reading and God bless!