thirty-six

week thirty-six of fifty-two

::A CHAIN REACTION STORY::

When our friends came to visit a few weeks ago, 

the boys decided to break out Monopoly

and they were very serious about it.

this led to Issac and I getting hooked on an evening game of Monopoly

I am not very serious about it

In fact, I have favorite properties based on names and colors

and I would rather save my fake money for fake new shoes than buy a hotel on Park Place 

My lack of real-estate saavy frustrates Issac

anyway, our newfound pasttime 

 led to Amelia wanting to be the banker

but since

Counting in fifties and hundreds is a little advanced for her, 

so we dug into the game stash from Grandma Judy

and found Monopoly Junior

and now Amelia is hooked on it as well.

It is nice to have some variety with the board games

we (and anyone else who has visited in the last three months)

has probably played enough "Matches" for a lifetime