We’ve finally found something that keeps Jake from asking to
play on the iPad. We had a late
Christmas present arrive from Amazon last week…remember the board game
Risk? Me neither, but Andy did and
told me he thought Jake would like it.
That’s the understatement of the year. It’s perfect.
It’s all about world domination with hundreds of armies. We bought a newer version that also
allows you take over water territories and territories on the moon. They have cards that allow you to drop
bombs on your opponents, go into stealth mode, and gain more territories. While I can’t say it’s my favorite
game, I can say it’s really fun to watch Jake play. It’s totally a strategic game and is more complicated than
any child’s game I’ve ever seen, but he grasped the idea right away and hasn’t
stopped playing sense. The other
cool thing about it, as that it has so many pieces and parts that he’s
perfectly content with making up his own games as well…which means I don’t have
to play it every day. His Yapese
friend, Trevor came over last weekend and listening to Jake try to tell Trevor
how to play was hilarious. He
actually did a pretty good job for a 7 year old but in the end, they just made
up their own game. After all, it
did take Andy and I two hours to figure it out and we had the directions right
in front of us.
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| This is Jake's "I hate school" face. I get it about once a week. Today, I was lucky enough to get a note. His spelling had him writing a note to his teacher telling her what he liked most about school. His said, "deer mommy, I do not like school. luv, Jake" I'll cherish it forever. :) |
So, there you have it…that’s what we’ve been doing for the
past week and why I have no exciting pictures of us doing cool touristy things. Andy’s foot pain actually got worse and
was so swollen he couldn’t get his flip-flops on. It looked like a giant sausage. So he started his own round of antibiotics. For obvious reasons he didn’t leave the
boat and Jake and I just got lazy.
Between the board games and school, we just haven’t really done
anything. But we’re all healed up
now and are re-motivated to get back out into the world and participate. Hopefully our next update will be a bit
more exciting.
Andy did go diving yesterday, so I’ll leave you with his
latest…
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| Anenome shrimp |
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| Nudibranch |
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| Nudibranch |
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| Flatworm |
2 comments:
Priceless...Jakes school message to you, his teacher. Thanks for sharing and good luck on that front, as it's the hardest part of my day (when we school) as the battle (on most days) doesn't seem worth it or doable...which is sad because they could thrive and it's not hard, it's just the "mom" wearing one too many hats from playmate to cook, to friend to beach comber to teacher to inforcer. That's a lot...even for girls with big shoulders....
If he gets really into Risk- put "Axis and Allies" on your board-games-to-get list. It's a similar strategy game, but basically lets you replay WWII on a giant map of the Pacific theater. Fun + history in one tidy package. Niall loves it and plays endlessly with his buddy on another boat whenever they get together! (oh hey and gorgeous photos. I LOVE nudibranchs)
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