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!