Go Fish

When was the last time you played 'go fish'? This card game brings back memories of sitting on the grass boulevard in front of a Canadian Tire in some northern Ontario small town. The van had broken down on the way to camping. Again. So imagine this: a big, ugly brown 8-seater(but we had to fit 9 in) gas guzzling beast, 7 kids, 2 adults, a dog, a homemade plywood trailer filled with 9 bikes and camping paraphernalia and a bright red canoe strapped on top, or were there 2 canoes? Can't remember for this particular time, but I'm sure that's another time. Anyways, picture that stranded on the side of the road! Wouldn't you feel like starting up a "feed these children, buy this family a new van, and send these kids to camp' fundraiser? What? No?!? well, no worries..apparently, no one else did either. I was just hoping. This is where 'go fish' comes into play. We had to entertain ourselves somehow..with rounds and rounds of 'go fish'.Of course, there was always lots of arguing involved:
 "LIAR! You had the number 5"
"No, I didn't!"
"Yes, you did!"
Yah...good memories...
 Our boys go through game phases. 'Chutes and Ladders', 'Guess Who?', the memory game, games we have but don't know how to play(like 'Arthur goes to the Libary') and now 'go fish'. Once they have a game they really like, they ask if we want to play it only, I dunno, a thousand times a day. The best was the 'Guess who?'phase. They could play without the actual game.
In Zehrs: "Hey, that man has a moustache! Hey man, do you have a moustache?"
To the bakery lady with a tanning bed addiction: "Why do you have orange skin?"
To the lady at the local cafe: "I like your black skin and white teeth!"
Thankfully, that phase ended just seconds before I died of embarrassment. One of the twins ATE a person. Nope, can't blame the cat, or a mouse, or an imaginary pet dog, it was OUR kid that ate it, a couple people actually. sigh..not even sure who it was..

No matter what game is being played, Jonah wins. Honestly, 99% of the time, he wins! Either he's really good at games, or we just really suck at games. I almost resigned myself to the latter, but then I remembered: I have beat Dan O. and Rick at Settlers. (sorry guys, but that point did have to be mentioned). Sometimes it's a close game and other times, he annihilates the opponent. Either way, it's a fun and educative game to play with them. The twins are learning their numbers and  the always winning factor is boosting Jonahs' confidence. 

Go ahead, pick up those cards and play some "Go Fish'  If Jonah is not around you might even win...