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Our holiday traditions usually include a ripping game or two of The Settlers of Catan; somewhat of a mix between Risk and Monopoly. The picture shows one of the Seafarers expansion variants. In this particular scenario, players explore uncharted territories with ships; a cool twist where gambling with resources doesn't always pay off. We were introduced to the game a few years ago and immediately bought it. We've since introduced it to a few couples that have themselves immediately bought the game. A great time!
I wish for you and your loved ones to find peace and abundance this holiday season and into the new year!
My five year old son: "Dad, where do babies come from?"
(Dad, recognizing the significance of "a moment")
Dad: "Well, a mommy and a daddy love each other, and one day they loved each other so much that they made a baby."
(Dad thinking he nailed that one!)
son: "Yeah, but where do they come from?"
Dad: "Well, they come from Love."
(quit asking questions kid)
son: "Noo! But which body parts?!"
(hmmmmmmmm, give me a second here)
Dad: "Well, a mommy gets a baby in her belly then the baby is born through her vagina."
End of discussion. I figured that buys me at least another year or two.
Our close friends' dog, Henry, passed away last week. Henry was the only dog I can imagine me being comfortable with letting my (then 10-month old) son lay on while he was sleeping. Henry was the most gentle knucklehead ever... We love you guys.
An interesting little resource worth checking out: ZIPskinny.
Clockwise!? How I reconcile that with a certification in Java and eleven years of writing enterprise software I (now) have no idea. Interestingly, I was able to switch the dancer but it took me a while. Then it took me a while to switch her back!
The other night we sat down as a family and ate dinner watching a show on tv. This is something "special" that the kids ask for from time to time and we grant on an even more limited basis.
This night my wife made her amazing salmon. I don't remember the show. But the show had animal characters and something came up about eating animals. One of the smaller animals said something to the effect, "Simple policy: never eat anything with a face."
With that, my three year old daughter looked at me and said, "we NEVER eat anything with a face"
and I said, "Yes we do baby, fish" pointing at the salmon.
And she said, "No, that doesn't have a face."
And I said, "Yes it did babe. That was a fish..." (pointing to the plate) "that's why we call it 'fish'."
You could see it register... she stared at the plate, then looked at us with utter disgust mixed with terror and disbelief.
