A couple of nights ago, the kids wanted to play a game before they went to bed.  They wanted to play RISK.  I told them I would rather step on a rusty nail.  RISK takes daaaaaays to play.  They wanted to play Monopoly.  I told them I’d rather eat the rusty nail.  You just have to be in the right mood for Monopoly.  I suggested Dominoes.

Normally we use our Dominoes for building complex mazes that we immediately knock down and for math manipulatives.  We don’t actually play the game often.  The kids were up for re-learning.  Fine.  I just had to nurse the Cap’n and get him in bed, and then I would be down to play.

This is what greeted me at the table…

I win.  I have the cutest, sweetest, most creative kids ever.  Stunts like this make me want to play games with them every night.  I might even play RISK.  I can just imagine “Our Mom is HOT!” spelled out with the little army men.

We had a great time playing.  We played for about two hours until Harrison finally reached 300 points and won the game.

So, what games do you like to play with your family?