After Tuesday’s disastrous trip to the toy store and yesterday’s swim adventures we decided a quiet afternoon at home was in order.  We built giant block towers (I tried to get a picture of a great one Eve built, but she knocked it over before I got the camera!), flew and crashed Alan’s fancy Lego spaceships, and played games on the Doodle Pro.  That thing is on it’s last leg and still a favorite toy in this house.  Thanks Joyce!  The kids loved hangman (though I confused Lex when I drew flowers instead of gallows) and then we played the box drawing game.  Anyone know what this is really called?  You start with a bunch of dots and take turns connecting them to build boxes.  Whoever makes the most wins.  Know what I mean?  Lex likes the game a lot and today Eve decided to play too.  She was surprisingly good at it!  All of that followed by a nice dinner (mine was awesome and theirs was even moderately healthy!), happy bath, and easy bedtime.  Life is good.

Eve takes her turn.

Ok, she's good, but not great at it yet! She thrilled herself by drawing a box. See her backwards E in the middle? With the doggie next to it? Ts and Ls are clear, everything else is Eve's :)

Lex takes his turn. He was happy when he noticed the top three boxes spell a word.