A simple game of Go Fish (the Finding Nemo version) demonstrates how my kids have taken after the opposite gender parent. Andrew (my husband) is the competitive one while I am more of the "make love, not war" variety. Funny, my dad was the some way. In fact he used to say to us as we sat down to a game of Checkers, "This is war." I'll give Andrew some credit, he's not that bad.
So Adriana, my 10 year old, and Jonah, my 7 year old, tried to teach their younger siblings how to play this game last night. Adriana passed out the cards and explained the goal of trying to make a match. And they began to play. Jonah went first. He asked Adriana for a Dory. She barely got out that she didn't have one when Drew (5) piped in with "I have one Jonah, I do!" He was all smiles. Such a lover, that one. Adriana in her usual superior 10-going-on-16 fashion shouted "No, that's not how you do it. You can't HELP him." (Heaven forbid.) So they started over. Jonah went again and asked Adriana for a Nemo. Drew didn't even wait for her to answer and began shoving his 3 Nemos into Jonah's hands. I looked at Adriana and it seemed like the little vein in her forehead was close to bursting. Lol. And the game ended there.
With a rebel yell from the 10 year old.
So Adriana, my 10 year old, and Jonah, my 7 year old, tried to teach their younger siblings how to play this game last night. Adriana passed out the cards and explained the goal of trying to make a match. And they began to play. Jonah went first. He asked Adriana for a Dory. She barely got out that she didn't have one when Drew (5) piped in with "I have one Jonah, I do!" He was all smiles. Such a lover, that one. Adriana in her usual superior 10-going-on-16 fashion shouted "No, that's not how you do it. You can't HELP him." (Heaven forbid.) So they started over. Jonah went again and asked Adriana for a Nemo. Drew didn't even wait for her to answer and began shoving his 3 Nemos into Jonah's hands. I looked at Adriana and it seemed like the little vein in her forehead was close to bursting. Lol. And the game ended there.
With a rebel yell from the 10 year old.
3 comments:
That is too funny!
Good gracious. She and my daughter can NEVER meet!
Great story! Love the learning process of games with little ones.
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