We're at about the mid-point of fall and it's time
I shared some of our adventures with the grandkids.
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| Brianna is playing basketball for the Fire in the Upward Church League. |
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| Hunter is playing for the Dragons in his first organized team sport. Did I say organized? |
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| They practice sometimes while they're at our house. They also get to practice counting by twos. |
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| There's more to life than basketball. How's this for cheap thrills? |
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| Then there's always the 3:00 freight train. |
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| Evan is back to building his dream castle and manning it with bold knights of old. |
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| Claire uses a few of Evan's left-over pieces, but she's more interested in her characters than the building. |
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| Note her army of deadly snakes! |
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| Evan adds a pair of watchful guardian eagles. |
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| Looks like both fortresses are secure. |
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| Nice going, Claire! |
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| Now that Evan has lost his first tooth, all four grandchildren have had that experience. Many more on the way. |
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| We spent an afternoon back at the old property and Bri brushed up on some gymnastics she hadn't done for a while. |
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| We soon headed down to the stream and waterfalls, where the kids hadn't been for months. |
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| While we were at the stream, we heard approaching voices. Suddenly, Claire and Evan appeared. Oh, what fun! |
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| We were all happy to see that our unusual fungus from last year had reappeared and even multiplied. |
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| Here we are at the new footbridge across our frog habitat. |
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| I may not be putting miles on this '73 Mercury these days, but that's not to say it's not getting any wear and tear. Evan's the driver, while the others climb-- at a safe speed, no doubt. |
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| It seems this would make for some distracted driving, but Evan is very focused. |
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| Next we were off to our trapeze swing that crosses a ditch. Everyone got in many, many turns. |
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| Off to the treehouse, where everybody found something to do. |
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| Besides cooking and climbing, there was our outdoor "Little Library." |
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| The same week, we all headed up to Morrow Mountain State Park for a picnic lunch and a nice, long hike. The kids were enthralled with their natural "finds." |
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| It was nice to have Jennifer and Amanda along-- especially since my camera wasn't charged. |
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| Back around home, we attended one of Evan's Saturday morning soccer sessions. Here he's sneaking up on the ball for a back kick. |
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| Evan's age group practices drills together, then divides up for a short scrimmage game each week. He is a prolific scorer and has a real knack for both offense and defense. |
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| You can see the killer instinct in his eyes. |
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| Six Cubes is our new favorite game. Of course it came from a yard sale, and that was many years ago. It may be for ages 10 and up, but that didn't prevent Bri and Hunter from trying it with us. |
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| You roll six dice at a time, then remove any dice that score winning combinations. You can continue or quit. But if you roll and score no points, you lose all points from that turn. |
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| Her very first time playing, Bri scored a "straight" on a single roll. This is worth 1,500 points. If you've played Yahtzee, you'll appreciate what the odds against this are. Even a straight with five dice is a rarity. |
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| Here's the unique game board, with a few special spaces leading up to 10,000 points. You could easily create your own board and use six ordinary dice to play this game without buying it. |
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| Not satisfied with her "straight," Bri soon rolled the elusive SIX OF A KIND! The 6,000 points put her WAY over the top to win the game. To put it in perspective, the six dice are one degree past Yahtzee's "five of a kind," plus this has to be achieved in ONE roll. Amazing! |
I'm happy to say that Judy and I can top that
Six of a Kind.
We have Four of a Kind Grandchildren that are
totally unsurpassed.
What are the odds of that?!
