Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Die!
One of the more hilarious moments of the past few months was when we played Chutes and Ladders with Carter. In one of the articles about helicopter parenting that I've read (and, sadly, identified with), one teacher said that some students start kindergarten having never lost a game of Candyland. That's just wrong.
So I decided that when we play board games with Carter, we all play to win and we don't let Carter win just because he's the little guy of the house. And that was the setup for our first game of Chutes and Ladders.
This game is all over the place. Carter was winning big at one point, but he ran into the giant slide in the middle and tumbled all the way to last place. That didn't go over well. He finally got so upset that he tried to turn over the entire board, but we didn't let him.
Frustrated and enraged, he screamed, "DIE, MOM AND DAD!" before falling on to the sofa in tears. Quelle tragédie! It was all we could do to keep from laughing. But we maintained a remarkable stoicism, put the game away and went about our business while Carter moaned in despair.
From then on, he refused to play the game with us. Since then, I have bought a few more games that he likes. One of them, "What's on my head?" has no losers and he loves it. For his birthday, he's getting Candyland.
Does this look like a kid who would wish death upon his parents? It's always the cute ones...
So I decided that when we play board games with Carter, we all play to win and we don't let Carter win just because he's the little guy of the house. And that was the setup for our first game of Chutes and Ladders.
This game is all over the place. Carter was winning big at one point, but he ran into the giant slide in the middle and tumbled all the way to last place. That didn't go over well. He finally got so upset that he tried to turn over the entire board, but we didn't let him.
Frustrated and enraged, he screamed, "DIE, MOM AND DAD!" before falling on to the sofa in tears. Quelle tragédie! It was all we could do to keep from laughing. But we maintained a remarkable stoicism, put the game away and went about our business while Carter moaned in despair.
From then on, he refused to play the game with us. Since then, I have bought a few more games that he likes. One of them, "What's on my head?" has no losers and he loves it. For his birthday, he's getting Candyland.
Does this look like a kid who would wish death upon his parents? It's always the cute ones...
Thursday, November 4, 2010
A new cousin
Carter has a new cousin! Eden Grace was born on Oct. 28. Carter won't get to see her until next month sometime (hopefully), but I think he's going to love her.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The subject of Carter's affection
Carter absolutely adores playing Lego Star Wars on the Wii. He would play it for hours if we let him. It's the first thing he wants to do in the morning and when he gets home from school. We probably let him play it too much, but it's so amazing to watch. He can get through several levels on his own, and these aren't easy to do. It's really funny when he watches the Star Wars movies and sees the things he knows from the game -- usually it's the other way around!
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