Penny has discovered the mountain of fun that is Candy Land. We played three games last night, and the last one threatened to run on for an hour until I sneakily started hiding the "jump" cards every time they turned up.
It's an obsessively boring game if you have a mental capacity exceeding the average eight-year-old, but Penny is in love, and her enthusiasm is fun to watch. She was a bit of a sore winner at first, but once she'd lost a few games, her winning behavior improved.
She also exhibits shades of her roleplayer heritage. "Oh, no, I'm stuck! Help!" or "Ooh, I get a cookie! Yum yum yum!" or "Oh, no, it's the scary guy! I need to run fast!" or "Hi, Mommy! Let's share this square!" (The little plastic gingerbread man markers are a family, you see.)
I'm leaving work early today to pick Penny up and take her down to the CHKD satellite in Newport News so they can do a blood draw. She knows it's coming, and she's not enthusiastic, but I told her they weren't going to tape it down and leave it -- they'll get the blood and then take it out and we'll leave.
What I did not tell her yet is that I'm planning to take her for a treat afterwards. Exactly what treat, I'm not sure yet. Maybe I'll take her somewhere for ice cream, or else we'll go to Toys R Us and see if we can find a new Batman toy for her.
Alex woke up around 4:45 this morning. He didn't get fussy until 5:15, but I've still been awake for a long time already this morning.
But on the plus side, my knee is actually starting to feel somewhat better.
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Okay, when I first read that I thought it said "We played until three last night" and I was like WOW. Heh. Whatever, I'm TIRED.
I used to make my little Doggy in Monopoly bark and wag his tail and chew on the Shoe, whenever they shared a square. (And pee on my big sister's Boardwalk hotel, when he landed there. :P )
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