Big Brother

Jake didn't seem too interested in havin a little sister initially. Lately he has seemed more interested and wants to make sure she's taken care of. Friday I picked him up from school and when we got home I put Parker, in her car seat, in the kitchen. She was sleeping and there's no harm in sleeping in the car seat! I let the dogs out and they love to sniff and lick. We are against the licking. I was running around doing stuff and Jake came downstairs. Maggie was sniffing Parker and Jake says to me "krob, you can't just leave her here. Can you do something else with her please?" I asked him what he thinks happens when he's not home and he responded by saying we must not be taking care of her.

He's already protecting her and we didn't prompt him!

Monopoly

I feel this summer will be full of Monopoly for me and Jake. It seems to be the only game he actually likes and is willing to play. Definitely not a Robinson/Frazee. At least not yet. Give me time...

We finished a game last night. I ended up winning by forfeit. The math was going to be incredibly difficult and time consuming to sell houses/hotels and mortgage property, so Jake gave in.

Today, we sat down to play another game. He was doing ok, feeling defeated I think about last night, but hanging in there. He had a sour apple sucker and kept playing with it. I said "Jake, stop touching that, you're going to get all sticky and then the game's going to get sticky and then every time we play, we're going to have to play sticky monopoly." He then got up and started walking away. I asked where he was going and if he was serious and he said "yes, i'm serious. I'm going to go be sticky someplace else." And that was that. Here I am blogging.

Personally, he was looking for a way out :) He knew i'd dominate again.