I've Got All the Numbers

Games

One day my girls pulled out Bingo and began playing. I was working in the kitchen but could hear their chatter.

They were playing contentedly (the boy didn't join till picture-time) when my older daughter excitedly claimed she was doing so well. She went on to say that she was "getting every single number" on her card. It turns out that the younger sister was playing at a great disadvantage because the older sister was actually playing with the master card (which their brother so kindly pointed out when he sat down).

It made me smile. First, I adore when my children play well together and have fun. Can't it always be like this?

Second, memories of game-playing flooded back to me of times when my mom would cheat "just a little" in Pounce (I think that was what the game was called - where you play with a whole bunch of decks of cards and you try to go through your pile the fastest).

Of course I remembered playing Rook with my cousins and Nathan that put five "naked" 14s in the kitty. Ha ha ha, what a memory. We were all playing and those of use in the younger generation really trying to prove our mettle or spot by playing "well" with the Uncles. When Nathan took the bid, he must have decided to put all of his best cards in the kitty, which really messed the game up. I really don't think he'll ever live down those "naked 14s". It was all done in innocence, which is the best part of the memory.