Thursday has become one of my most favorite days recently. It is the only day of the week where no one has an afterschool activity and generally homework is pretty light. We have gymnastics on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and piano on Tuesday.
Since gymnastics is between 5:00 and 7:00pm, dinner is usually pretty late on MWF. With a bedtime of 8:00pm (give or take), we don't have much leftover for family time, especially when you factor in the need for showers and the bedtime ritual.
That is why Thursday has become an oasis within our week. This past Thursday we actually had (a healthy, homemade!) dinner at a respectable time, around 6:00pm I think, and found ourselves with a decent amount of time before bedtime. We decided to break out the dominoes and played a rousing game of Chickenfoot (also known giggling-inducingly in our house as "Oh-no-you-didn't!").
The children's enjoyment could not be contained within them, as evidenced by the ever-increasing decibel of their voices. In addition, the giggling-and-falling-all-over-the-floor-silliness that ensued upon completion of the game was proof enough for me that we had somehow engineered a successful evening for all parties involved.
Emma said it was even better than playing her Nintendo.
Ahhh ... Thursday.
Lighthouses
5 years ago
3 comments:
Hmmm ... we'll have to try Chickenfoot, if I can figure it out! Sounds tantalizing. I love family games! We've been playing Snorta this weekend, that's a fun one too!
I LOVE chicken foot! Nobody knows how to play that game these days! We use to play it in high school all the time. Glad to hear that dominoes is better than Nintendo ;)
Snorta? I'm intrigued. Will be on the lookout for this one.
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