These children should not be allowed to play board games. Seriously.
They come from a long line of over-competitive, crazy people that can turn the game RISK into grounds for...well....I am STILL mad about it 9 years later. (Asia was mine, Matt. But I really am sorry for throwing the board at you.)
This game started out so innocently. I wish I had taken a picture of the clock. It was around 6am. The children were still in their early morning happy period. Everything was fine until someone told Nathan that he couldn't be King Kandy, that he HAD to play like the rest of them...according to the rules. We ALWAYS play according to the rules. We LAMINATE the rules up in this house! We have a folder...just kidding.
All joking aside, this next picture was taken seconds before Nathan flipped the board over in frustration and started to eat all the plastic gingerbread man playing pieces. (We are still missing the blue guy...)
Nothing is quite so embarrassing as watching your children act like you. It was mortifying.
I am going to confession this Saturday.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteBetween the Pernots and the Schwalms....these children don't stand a chance.
Love it :)
The official Candy Land rules have tormented me for exactly 33 years now. I'm talking old school... none of the gaudy graphics... just plain old candy. And each time I neared the end of the road, I'd pull that #@$?! HEART CANDY and have to go back to three-spaces-after-start. I think that was planted there. I'd steam, stew, and finally blow when my opponents began their chant... "she got the heart... Aimee got the heart..."
ReplyDeleteCandy Land, as examination of conscience. "Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Nougat." Indeed!
Aimee, I feel your pain (even though I laughed aloud when I read your comment.) :)
ReplyDeleteFirst and foremost, ALL game boards should just be banned! Paleeeze! Risk? Adults can't even play that game. If mothers had invented all board games, they WOULD include laminated instructions kept in binders, velcro-backed game pieces, and tiny referees who live in the box!! Happy gaming. -a very anonymous person in PA :)
ReplyDeleteAll games should be played grandad style. We make up the game and then make up the rules as we go and continue to have fun while we are doing it. Thanks my little cherubs!!!!
ReplyDeleteOMG i remember when you threw that board!
ReplyDeletehaha I love our family:)
wooooooooooooow.
ReplyDeleteim thinking little politicians in this family...
very serious.
lols