Advent Calendars showed up from Grandpa Lance, and the kid wasted no time getting into the packages and finding the tasty chocolate treats hidden behind “1″. So far, the calendars remain out of reach of the cunning canines, but the candioholic Nora has swiped Tyler’s a couple times and almost made off with a few days worth of goodies.
Worn out from the activities tonight, so not a full post, but if you wish to catch a few of the pictures and videos from the party tonight, head on over to the flickr page:
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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