It amazes me how quickly my kids are growing up. Today, after Nora went down for her nap, Tyler wanted to play a game. I figured we’d have a rousing game of Candy Land or Chutes and Ladders. However, he found our Simpson’s Uno set in the closet. At that point, I was informed that he had been playing Uno at Leanne’s (Tyler’s daycare). I was a bit surprised, but thought, okay, I’ll play Uno with Tyler. I figured it would be a lot me correcting him on the rules, etc as the box recommended age started at 7 years old.

Could I have been more wrong?! Tyler and I played 11 games, of which I won 4. Yes… Tyler is the Uno champion. The first couple of games, I was not playing “ruthless”. I mean, I am playing a 4 year old, albeit not for long. I decided to change my tactic and try and actually win a few games… I still lost.

And not only does he understand the rules, he also has the strategy down. He’s using the “skip” cards and changing the colors with the numbers, and I even happened to notice at one point, when I had laid down a Wild card to change the color and I only had one card in my hand (Uno). I noticed that even though he had the “red” card in his hand, he played his own Wild card to prevent me from winning the game.

I have a feeling that I have a future professional poker player in the family!