Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Rusty Ferris Wheel
Stacey and I, with our friends Kevin and Rebecca, have instituted good old fashioned game night. You know, the kind of Saturday night fun our parents used to have in the 70's: Good Food, Fun Games, Lots of Laughter. I'm pretty proud of how consistant we have been because with most friends, the intention is there (Let's get together soon! It would be so much fun!) but the follow-through isn't.
Well, we typically alternate houses and sometimes we cook and sometimes we go out, but we ALWAYS play games and we ALWAYS laugh. It's become one of my favorite things and sometimes THE thing that gets me through the week.
So this week, it was our house and we chose to go out. We live very close to The Aquarium downtown and we thought it would be fun for their five year old. I had no idea there would be so much to do! You can see the ferris wheel from the interstate, and I've been to an Aquarium restaurant before, but I didn't know there would be other rides, games, face painting, cartoon sketches. You get the idea.
After dinner, the five year old wanted to ride the ferris wheel, of course, and Kevin and I had already made it quite clear that we don't do heights. We would be in charge of holding down benches, taking pictures and have purse duty. So Stacey, Rebecca and the five year old get in line and I get out my camera. After a few minutes, I popped down to the line to see how they were doing and to snap a photo or two. Stacey leans over and says, "I don't think I can do this. I see some rust on that ferris wheel." To which Rebecca leans over and says, "The five year old is okay with it. You're going to do just fine." And, she did. They all did. I didn't even see any rust fall off while they were riding. And believe me, I was watching.
Did we play games? Of course! Scattergories and Mahjong. Two of my faves. If you don't already have a game night of your own, I highly recommend it. But I'm not sure you'll have as much fun as our crew. But you should try.
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