Games Galore!

After watching an episode of Elmo's World about games, Baylor was itching to play some games himself.  Somewhere along the way he learned about checkerboards and all of a sudden that's what he wanted to play.   So Bryson found one in the basement in a briefcase full of board games, and he brought the whole kit and caboodle up.

The guys went to work setting up the board, Bryson setting up the red pieces and Baylor setting up the white.

Then Bryson explained how the game works.

Baylor was so proud of himself for putting the pieces on just right.

Which is probably why he freaked out when we started moving the pieces.  I'm serious ... the poor kiddo started crying and shaking his head, saying, "No!  No!  No!"  Soooo, checkers was a no-go.

After the crying stopped, he asked to play with "the numbers".

We had no idea how to play this game, but Baylor was really enjoying pointing out the numbers so it was all good.

Bryson read the instructions and tried to teach the game to Baylor, but he just wanted to put the dice on numbers one and two.

Time for another game!  This one was like a weak version of Yahtzee (roll the dice and try to match them up to pictures on the board) and Bryson tried to show Little B proper rolling technique.

Then he explained the rules.

And watched as Baylor went after it with gusto.

Mollie, however, was less than impressed.

As it turns out, Baylor doesn't have quite the attention span necessary for board games yet.

So we headed to the living room to play a little longer before bedtime.

Baylor, rockin' the pants-less look since he spilled applesauce on himself at dinner, enjoyed Mollie's rocking zebra.

Which she later tried to climb on herself.  When she couldn't quite make it onto the seat, she just stood there and rocked a little with her zebra.

It was a good night and a fun foray into the wonderful world of board games!