Little Miss Thing, age 7, walks up shuffling a deck of cards.
LMT: “Daddy, pick a card.”
Me: “Hmmm… Let me see… I’ll choose… this one.”
LMT: (shuffles cards intently for 30 seconds)
LMT: “Sorry, you lose.” (walks away)
Me: …
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The world needs to know that I just got soundly beaten at Memory by my five year old daughter. I’m no slouch memory-wise, and I was not letting her win. I’m a little embarrassed and a lot proud. The Force is strong with this one.
Families who Game Together
D&D with the kids… Free.
Funny accent when pretending to be a goblin… Free.
Disbanding a gang of local ruffians… Free.
Lucky surprise sneak attack completely defeating the gang’s wizard leader in 30 seconds instead of the hour of combat I had planned… Free.
An evening interacting with my kids instead of us all staring at electronic screens: PRICELESS
Very Vocal Viking 