So, I was spending a leisurely afternoon with my little gals, sprawled out on the floor immersed in a friendly game of Candyland.
I had planned to teach them about the spirit of cooperation, fairness and turn taking. Possibly review our colors and numbers. Maybe touch on a lesson or two about counting.
And, then things starting getting ugly around the Licorice Forest.
My two year old had insisted upon illegally advancing her own pawn along the Candyland path, all the while stuffing my pawn up her nose.
My four year old kept sneaking a peek at the over turned deck of cards and rearranging the pieces on the game board.
My temper began to flare.
Who can play a friendly game with competition like this?
Cheaters. Conspirators. Up-to-no-gooders!
The scoundrels.
I insisted upon a time out. A re-match. Call in the ref.
Instant replay, maybe?
Apparently, my ruffled feathers only accelerated the chaos.
Our fans roared with commentary.
Mr. Potato head thought I was competing outside my age category, thereby giving me an unfair advantage.
Miss Raggedy thought it was about time I gave the hoodlums a piece of my mind.
My Little Pony thought an old washed up Candyland player like myself had no business getting back in the game at my age.
Thomas the train had a thing or two to say about hot heads getting worked up over alleged rule breaking.
Curious George just wanted us to get on with it. He had ten bucks riding on the toddler.
And, Mother Goose lectured us about remembering to put the fun back in the game.
Nothing like a little Milton Bradley to stir things up on an otherwise friendly afternoon in the playroom.
Who woulda thought?
21 comments:
God I love this post. As far as not playing fair you must not know my husband the most awful playing fair person!
We created our own rules for "younger players"...save mucho tears later.
Usually it's Spongebob that's causing a ruckus in our house!
Too funny! I love how your mind works.
James got all upset cause Jesse was having the duckbill dinosaur, which everyone knows is a plant eater, eat other dinosaurs. The way their minds work make me smile.
Ahhhhh...I'm so glad it wasn't just me that had these things happen. I swear I am scarred from the kids games I played when my kids were toddlers. The good news is that they are teens now and actually pretty good sports! Cards were out worst games. Somehow Old Maid never was as fun as I remembered it being. BAHAHAHAHAHA
Sounds like Candy Land at our house. And of course no one wants to lose the game.
Oh just wait until you start playing "Sorry!", tears flow like a volcano just erupted, cheating reaches new heights, husbands become Monsters (not the nice Disney kind), and Mommy she ends up becoming judge, jury and executioner! It's ugly!
Sounds like our house!
For some reason, Howard Cosell was the narrator for this post. At least, he was in my mind.
Sorry...can't spell. Anyhoo...
I am nervous when my kids play board games. That is how WWI got started, you know;) Queen Victoria's grand kids could not get along.
I miss the days of a normal, laid back game of Candy Land.
Geez, I've been looking at it all wrong. I thought it was a simple color game.
Really with Candy Land. Oh my..
Anyone that misbehaves has to hang out with Gloppy in the Molasses Swamp FOREVER!!!!
BWA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!
This is why I don't play Monopoly with adults. It gets ugly every time without fail!
Sounds like kindergarten "tag" where no one ever leaves base, and "time out" is called the second someone comes close.
Uno gets fierce around the Jubilant household!
Love your post!
Dang, I've never heard of such a fierce game of candyland in my life!
can I play?
I gave up playing board games with the kids I nanny for....
Candy Land! I loved that game. I don't thing we ever played by the rules when we were younger...even though they're quite simple.
Sounds like lovely chaos.
We had a pretty cut-throat game of Twister going on over here at Casa Zen the other day. Things got ugly, but everyone survived. ;)
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