Don't Wake Daddy

So . . . writer's block day 5. Welcome.

It's 5:15 a.m. The coffee's brewing. A mix of espresso beans and French vanilla beans have been through the burr mill. Water is currently soaking through the heavily laden filter. The black juice of the gods is on its way.

Much better.

So, yesterday I took a beating at the hands of Sonwun. He won four out of five games of Don't Wake Daddy. It's a board game. And, hopefully, a subliminal message for the future.

For SAHDs and SAHMs with kids in the 3-5 year age group, I recommend this game. It involves colour recognition, number-recognition, counting and a spring-loaded "daddy" in bed.

The premise is that the kids must make it from their beds to the refrigerator for a snack without waking daddy. Along the way are obstacles, such as squawking parrots, screaming kitties, a television set and other noise-making, potential daddy-waking stumbling blocks. (These things don't actually make noise, by the way, they are just spots on the board.)

16 cards are dealt at the beginning of the game, each representing one of the obstacles. When you land on an obstacle, and have the matching card, no big deal. But if you don't, you must push the alarm clock button a number of times matching the spot on the board. After X number of clicks on the alarm clock, spring-loaded "daddy" wakes up and his sleeping cap goes flying. Sonwun loves that.

Anyway, good game if you've got kids in the right age group. I also like Candy Land for the same colour-recognition, and counting reasons.

Oh, and neither one requires batteries. Super bonus!

And, as much as Sonwun loves to play Wii tennis or Mario Kart, he is always up for a board game. Right or wrong, I'd rather see him playing board games. Don't know why, but I'd guess it's because, having grown up in the video-games-are-the-devil era, I was a little brainwashed.

Everything in moderation, right?

Anyhoo, it's Friday. Garbage day. Playgroup day. Neomom's last shift for this cycle.

I'm actually looking forward to Playgroup more and more these days. I'm getting to know the moms, they seem to have accepted my hairy, unshaven presence and will even engage in conversation when we're not chasing our toddlers.

I also need to return my books to the library, our Batman videos to Blockbuster and pick up a few things at the grocery store.

Happy Friday all. Enjoy the weekend!