monopoly

with a big thanks (or should i say no thanks) to aunty emily and uncle theron, my kids suddenly have an obsession with monopoly. cue the eye rolls here... as most of you should know by now, i grew up in a house as the only girl with three older brothers, who loved to play endless games of monopoly, and cheat, which always ended with someone throwing the board. so i am an old hat at this.

today however, i have been thoroughly amused by participating in this game. normally the kids drag out the box and play it forever, buying and selling without any exchange of money (i mean seriously, what the heck?!) picking up cards, and somehow always rolling exactly the number they need (i have witnessed first hand the old "rolling" of the dice, but really placing them on the board to get the number you need)... this time they've made it a real game. mummy and daddy are supervising and playing, everyone has money and we are playing the correct rules including: all tax goes into the middle of the board for the lucky person who lands on free parking!

joseph is schooling us all, he trusted me to handle his finances and already has a stack of houses on his properties, but he's made some equally bad financial decisions, such as trading park lane to daddy, who just "happens" to own mayfair, for some basketball trading cards, which are obviously unrelated to the game. what a cheater! let's see how this ends. i'm just hoping it doesn't end with the board somewhere across the room.