This-or-That Tuesday





1. Tag or hide & go seek?
Both, I like them both too much to choose! LOL

2. Hopscotch or wiffle-ball?
Hopscotch. I'm not good at wiffle-ball, at all.

3. Chutes & Ladders or Candyland?
Candy Land

4. Chess or checkers?
Checkers (even though I suck!)

5. Parcheesi or backgammon?
Parcheesi

6. Twister or Yahtzee?
Yahtzee

7. Trivial Pursuit or Scrabble?
Scrabble

8. Monopoly or The Game of Life?
Monopoly

9. Go Fish or Gin Rummy?
Gin Rummy

10. Thought-Provoking Question of the Week: You have a young child (or just babysit one), who is about 6-7 years old, and you like to play various games with him/her. Do you: let the child win sometimes to help improve his/her self-esteem, or play normally, in order to teach the child that we can't always win in life?

Let him win a few games so he feels better about himself. It's an unfair advantage sometimes when a kid plays against an adult because with many games, the adult will always win. So, I feel that you should let a child win once in a while to build his confidence.

We has snow today. It stuck but it's gone now. A dusting is better than 6 inches (if we HAVE to get snow!) so I'll take that. Spring is here though. Not that it's super warm but it just 'feels' different now. Like winter is finally gone now. When the trees start budding then I'll be ecstatic.

My kids have been sick for over a week now. All 3 of them. They are not 'puking-your-brains-out' sick but they have a cold that refuses to go away. And now they complain of ear aches. FUN! I hope they are not developing ear infections now. It's so hard to see them in pain. I do what I can for them (tylenol and warm compresses) but I think I may take them to the Dr. this week to find out for sure what is going on. I am really, really bad about making sure they finish all meds though so I hope they don't have infections.

With spring here I am finding that some of my desire to do crafts has returned. I am going to make a dress for my girls. A big project to undertake so I hope I am able to do it. I have had no desire at all to do any of my crafts for the entire winter so it's nice to feel that spark come back now. I also want to do some gardening but we don't have our own yard so that won't happen (we live in a townhouse-style apt building, ie-shared yard). I may garden in big pots or have DH build a 'raised' garden for me. Something small enough to not take up too much space but large enough to make it worth our while. Plus I want to teach the kids how to do it. They are older now and can really learn something from gardening. It'll give them a huge sense of accomplishment to plant something and take care of it and in the end either eat it (veggies) or enjoy it (flowers). I am definately going to pursue this for sure!! The more I think about it, the more excited I get. LOL