Pine Needles, Cozy, and Laughter

I hope you're all having a good weekend. We've got a break in the rain today so we've been cleaning pine needles - millions of pine needles! - off the roof, the storm drains, the driveway...

Almost done!

 

We went over to Diana and Peter's last night and played Chronology. We laughed so hard! Just over the most random things! Laughter really is a good medicine!

I'm home today. The first Saturday in many weeks that I'm not at work. It feels good to just be at home. The rain is supposed to begin again this evening and I plan to be on the couch with the fireplace going and eggnog in my Christmas mug. My house is still decorated for fall but come on, it's not too early for Christmas mugs is it?  😊

Mexican Train - Have You Heard of it?

Monday night is Game Night at our house. Just before Christmas, Ryan and Sharaya taught us the game Mexican Train. I'd never heard of it before but now we're hooked!

At first we played in teams, cause we weren't sure if it would be too hard for Beth to learn. (I know, I don't give Beth enough credit. It's hard because I don't want her to constantly feel like a failure or to feel bad that she can't do it, but I know I have to let her try more things. How else will she learn what she can and can't do? It's just harder done than said. I'm workin' on it.) Probably about the 4th time we were gonna play, Beth actually set it up for us and she set it up for individuals. Chuck asked her if she wanted to play teams and she said no.

We still helped her that game, but now she plays by herself and even though she hasn't won yet, she comes close! It's played with dominos. You match them, making a 'train' and the first one to get rid of their dominos wins the match. You mix up all the dominos, then everyone picks 15 to start with. In the first match you start making your train with the Double 12, then the Double 11 and so on. Beth does great in every area except.... counting all those pesky dots at the end of the match!

The one with the smallest score wins!