Candy Land

June 28, 2007

Melissa went to a scrapbooking party after dinner, leaving the Tiny one and me to our own mischief. We played with Littlest Petshop animals for a while. This past weekend, while Grandmommy and Papa visited, we went to Andy's for lunch. Tiny's meal was served in a large paper reproduction of a vintage Ford Sunliner. The car is spacious both inside and out and offers ample room for at least half of Tiny's LPS collection. At least it's a freebie and we know where we can get another one when the animals eventually tear this car apart.

Just to get out of the house, I suggested that the two of us venture to Toys-R-Us to look at a potential addition to Tiny's LPS collection. She seconded the motion, so we did just that. At the store, she had to have each animal I'd show her. I started putting those animals that she just had to have on a separate shelf for her to "think about." I believe that shelf finally held about six different animals for her purchasing consideration. Her choice: the chinchilla!

On our way towards the checkout, we strolled past the board games. I figured that Tiny was probably old enough to start learning game play, so we stopped and perused the selection. Were the choice hers, she would have bought the "Hungry Hippos" game, but the label stated it was for kids 4+. The choice was between "Hi Ho Cherry-O" and "Candy Land." I remember liking Candy Land as a tot, so I opted for that game.

Once home, we sat down and played two rousing games of Candy Land. She really seemed to enjoy it. She caught on to the rules almost immediately and couldn't wait until it was her turn again. (My turn usually lasted less than 5 seconds.) She drew some favorable cards that propelled her gingerbread pawn towards the finish, leaving my pawn in the dust. She won both games on her own! She was excited to win the game, which meant that her gingerbread pawn had full permission from King Kandy to eat all the candy depicted on the playing board.

It's nice that she's now at an age to enjoy playing board games.

Daddy's Birthday

June 20, 2007

Tiny gave me a great gift today as she was as sweet and fun as ever! Melissa, Tiny, Nana and I went to Fuddrucker's today for lunch. We had a nice time as Tiny wallowed all over Nana and had Nana "shoot" her. They had all come from an animated movie in which a hunter shoots at one of the characters, an antelope. For the remainder of the day, Tiny insisted on being an antelope, too, and wanted us to shoot her. She doesn't really know what it means to be shot yet.

For dinner, we whooped it up and went to TGI Friday's for a great meal and great time. The waitress learned that it was my birthday and promised to get the singing group together. Yuck! I requested no singing, but she actually convinced me to let them sing for me because Tiny might get a kick out of the song. Well, OK! Bring on the embarrassing singing! A group of six or so waitstaff gathered, I stood up on the booth bench waving a red napkin over my head, and they sang. Tiny loved it. She danced next to me and clapped along with everyone. I got a kick out of watching Tiny enjoying the show. The singing waitstaff seemed to enjoy her enjoying them.