This year’s thanksgiving was great. Not only did Ann prepare a fabulous meal, but the kids were also great. We had the usual minor fights over cleaning up after themselves(I totally understand why my parents kept wanting me to not leave my shoes in the middle of the living room), but on the whole it was awesome. We taught the girls a few new games, Uno and a Harry Potter board game. Both McKelvey and Arden loved UNO, although Arden was on a team. McKelvey liked playing and holding the cards. Arden seemed to enjoy the silly banter the most. It was really great to play a game with the girls and not have them telling me what the barbie I’m holding is supposed to say. Not that I don’t like their make beleive games, it’s just that they don’t like you to break away from the script in their heads.

The Harry Potter game is basically like Clue but with a HP flair. McKelvey had a great handle of how to figure out the clues and ask the questions. She wasn’t to good on strategy yet. But hey she is seven.

I didn’t realize how much I missed playing cards or board games until we pulled them out. I just hope the interest from the girls will stay around. Or they just let have the doll say what I want it to.