Sunday game day

After a very busy Saturday out and about in the world, we spent Sunday around home. We walked up the hill to Skyline Blvd; we read books; we did chores; we played soccer; and we played a lot of games.

Steve and the children have been playing a strategy game called Ducks in a Row obsessively for the last week or so - it's a little like Connect 4. Today we played Apples to Apples Junior, a game where you have to match your noun cards to different adjective categories, competing to see who picks the best fit.  They also played Forbidden Island, a cooperative game to collect treasures before the island sinks under water.  And then we had dinner word games. We started off simply: guess the number I'm thinking of. Guess the animal I'm thinking of. I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with the word 'bed' - guess it.  

And then Steve said, "I'm thinking of a weekend adventure in Oregon - guess what it is."
We three had lots of fun, good guesses: bakeries; the farmers market; a hike; the beach; the mountain; soccer; playing at the field; Marshall Park; swimming at the community center; Pokpok; and then Liesl won the game with her double guess: "I know! A trip to the moon, or walking to the waterfall (in our neighborhood) and going swimming in it!"  Because those are equally likely as weekend adventures, right?  And then she suggested that Steve was thinking of playing in salt balls. Like, an Alice-in-Wonderland, human-size version of our salt cellar, with enormous white salt balls inside, and we'd roll around in it.  We laughed so hard. She did too - such a good sport.

This is more of a pattern-making project than a game. Aren't our new floor pillows amazing?! Everyone got their own, in a different color. :)

 Forbidden Island

Ducks in a Row

Sebastian has optional soccer practices on Sundays with his Forest Heights soccer club, and last week we found that the club has the kindergarten practice right beforehand. So we took Liesl over last week and convinced her to participate in the practice - her first soccer experience! She had a good time and was happy to return this week and try it out again.  The scrimmage at the end was a hoot - 5 little kids running every which way around a small field, chasing each other, ignoring the ball, missing the ball, getting distracted, falling down, running in random directions... it was beautiful.