Day 11: Games We Love (Right Now)

The Top 5 Games at the Sears House (as of right now)

1. Ticket to Ride -- This is an epic adventure where you are provided with 3 route cards to start and 4 train cards of various colors. Determine which way you will go across America and draw colored train cards to make your colored trains connect. Varieties include other locations in the world, and we are hoping to get Rails and Sails one day, so we can board boats as well. Challenge at our house is who will get the longest train? We play this game at least once a week.

2. Trash --Paisley learned about this game at her Nutcracker practice. Deal out 10 cards face down for everyone, and then, Draw one card and place it in the corresponding spot, and continue playing until you cannot. Goal: 

A 2 3 4 5 

6 7 8 9 10

Jacks do nothing, while Queens trade with a partner. Finally, Kings are wild. The girls and I usually play this game, and I am not sure if we have ever made it to the end.

3. Three Marker Challenge--Make copies for everyone of the same picture. Sometimes, we draw our own. With your eyes closed, draw one marker at a time until you have 3. Color the picture with those colors, and vote for a winner. Most people really hate to get brown or gray, but with enough creativity, you can even win with those colors!

4. The Question Game --This dinnertime fun is when you ask a question, and everyone has to answer it. Inevitably, Jason always asks, "If you were stranded on an island, what . . . ?" Paisley usually has us plan a birthday party or a sport. Haidyn, ultimately, has us plan a restaurant. I just ask some crazy question. All in all, we have fun while we play dinner. 

5. Easter Disney Matching--This game dates back to when the girls were little, when we used to leave the matching cards up because it was IMPOSSIBLE to remember them otherwise. This set has some favorite characters in it from Winnie the Pooh and Piglet to Lightning McQueen and Phineas and Ferb. It has been fun to rekindle our spirits with this matching game leading up to Easter. 

If you ask again next week, I am sure we will have swapped out another game for one of these. We have a game closet, and the girls have their own game shelf. Jason and I are both from families who play lots of games. I can blog about the games we play at Jason's parents another day. Until then, have fun trying out one of our favorites at your house!