Wii-Free Family Game Night

Have you tried it?           

I know, it’s tempting to go Wii bowling or do the hula, and I freely admit that I love to play these things on our friends’ Wii (thanks Sharee’!).  But since we remain one of the only Wii-free homes in America (until, maybe, my birthday), our game nights still involve flipping cards, drawing pictures, or rolling the dice.

photo credit: Thunderchild

The boys didn’t have school this Thursday or Friday, so we were able to spend more time playing darts and foosball than usual these past few days.  No nasty homework or early bedtimes interfered with the intense competition, thank goodness!  And tonight, after I cooked the highly nutritious pizza from Costco for dinner, we all sat down to a game of Yahtzee.

All right.  It’s true.  I totally cheated.  Okay, the boys knew it, and I didn’t take the points, but still, I had the worst Yahtzee rolls in history which was completely unfair.  So, occasionally I asked my partner (the 6-year old) to roll again, when  we had already used all of our rolls.  I didn’t matter.  We still lost by a bazillion.

And, you know, it worked out okay.  Because I used this unfortunate situation to demonstrate a long-standing truth to the boys:  Cheaters Never Win.  Bah!

Maybe next time.