Uno Champion
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! 
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October 31st, 2009 - 14:00
Hey man, kid’s a genius. We KNEW that!
October 31st, 2009 - 14:06
Not only a genius but has good card playing genetics from the Granny in Nevada.
October 31st, 2009 - 14:49
Where are the pictures??
October 31st, 2009 - 16:34
When you get grandkids Cody you will understand how fast and smart they really are!! Great piece of work!! Keep it up Dad!! You have to keep that winner attitude to survive!!
October 31st, 2009 - 17:51
I guess Gramma and Granny are going to have to play for “real” with our new card shark. None of this “letting” the grandkids win…they can do it on their own. Congratulations Tyler.
November 1st, 2009 - 20:09
For the record…Tyler smoked his mother at Uno (yeah, I know, its been years since Momma blogged, nothing like an old fashioned card game whoopin to bring out the inner blogger in us all). When we play football together, I still track him down and sack him. No easy touch downs for Tyler. Nora on the otherhand, well, she just has skills and is a bear to take down.