Wednsdays

We started helping out the “kids” on Wednesday nights . . .Superman is off to school and Stefanie (in keeping with her 101 goasls) is off to an exercise class. So, Nineandahalf and I get to spend the evening at the Steffensen home with Hallie, Nathan, Lucy and Charlie. It’s really a pretty good deal from my perspective . . . I either make tacos or Stefanie puts one of her delicious concoctions into the crock pot and we get to spend a couple hours with the little ones.

Last night was a hoot. There is nothing quite like seeing simple things thru the eyes of a child. Oh and the memories for us older ones of times of our childhood. So, we played Old Maid. Hallie had never played before but caught on quickly. Nathan was in charge of the matched pairs. I smiled at her delight when Grandpa had the “old maid” and oh how she squealed and giggled. When she got the card she was of course devastated. It was funny to see how she positioned her cards to tempt you to take the right one. It was amazing how every time she got the old maid . . .well Hammy was so unlucky! I managed to get stuck with it every time! . .. well until the end . . when Lo and Behold . . .Grandpa had the old maid. Hallie was tickled!

After dinner we played Yaghtze. Well . .. a modified version of course. Hallie and Nathan didn’t have much concept of the game but sure enjoyed using the cup to toss the dice.

So we played old maid, watched Dora, ate dinner, made a banana cream pie, played yaghtze and heard about life from the eyes of a 4 year old while Nathan got to spend some time with YEEOH, our dachshund.

So while we are helping Stefanie achieve some of her goals from her 101 . . . .I am crossing off some of mine as well!