the family that plays together..

The holidays are coming to a close this week.  Dad will soon be back to a regular work week and the boys are preparing to head back to school.  We have gone over the January chores, schoolwork and schedules. Before long the past few weeks will just be a memory.  It will be a good memory though, full of fun and games - literally LOTS of fun and lots of games:  

The train table has seen daily use since it was opened on Christmas. (a very good gift choice for the little ones, it was!) 

There have been lots of after dinner board games.  It took some creative teamwork but we were ALL able to play Cranium together.  Tess and Brendan hung around the table playing with the play-do that comes with the game and we passed Abbie back and forth between turns. (Asher had just run in from barn chores which is why he is still in coat and hat <g> Thawing out!) 

You know brothers can't get together without football being involved sooner or later <g> At least not these brothers...

 

Some of the best fun can be had by sharing the game with  a couple dozen of your closest friends <g>  I can't tell you how wonderful our weekend was!  I looked outside when I passed the window Sat night and saw kids from ten to twenty playing football complete with fans on the sidelines. Did my only-child's heart good though I was shivering so hard in the cold that I couldn't even get a clear pic!

When it got too dark to play outside they all moved into the living room around the piano...

This is what I will remember about Christmas. 

Comments

[Jennifer]

Those pictures look so inviting. Being the oldest of four kids, the last two being twins nine years younger than me, I had always loved family game time, but when I married into my husband's family (second of eight kids), game time took on a whole new meaning! And football was a must...LSU is second to Mass down there. :-) Glad you've had such a wonderful vacation. Is it bad I haven't finished school plans yet? Only a second grader and a kindergartener. We'll figure it out. :-)

[Kathy B in West Texas]

Hey neato! Can you maybe record them around the piano singing? I love when that happens! Of course, it never happened in my family cause no one can sing! LOL

[Jen]

Love it....we did a lot of this ourselves over the holidays--board and card games, but it was frisbee football for my guys outside! Ah...memories.