Owen's birthday eve

For the first time this weekend I saw Owen as a boy, not just a little boy. We were playing Taboo and he was watching and helping, and enjoying the game with us. Normally we would have had to distract him with something else, or wait until he went to bed to play a board game. He even came up with some pretty funny clues himself. Then today, we actually played Uno together, and he won, and I enjoyed myself. I didn't let him win, but I will admit we were playing a little loose with the rules. Number one because he's only four and can't hold all those cards in his hands, but also because I am not sure about all the rules (what do the arrows stand for? What's +2?) I say honestly that I don't like playing kid's games. They are boring. Of course I play Memory, CandyLand, and the most repetitive of all - Chutes & Ladders, but I can't honestly say I enjoy them. I am so excited that Owen is moving into a stage where we can play games I like too! Uno, Freeze Tag, even Hide N Seek. A world of possibilities is opening up!

so many places to go

so now I am up and running on Facebook. I joined GoodReads, and have two email accounts, not to mention the several blogs I like to follow, oh yeah, and this [somewhat neglected] blog. I get so excited about the new sites I find and join, check them alot, and then get tired of checking them all the time. I joined facebook in March, but never did anything until about a month ago when I heard from a friend from San Francisco. Then I got really into it, connected with other old friends and really liked it. My cousin set me up with other cousins/friends so now I have alot of "friends". It's fun, but how often does do I need to post "what I'm doing right now"? I joined Twitter and LiveJournal (on someone else's request) but never did anything with those sites. With all this instant updating, I have to say I was happy to receive handwritten Christmas letters. How refreshingly slow and thoughtful.