Good life -- vacation week

I don't remember that my childhood vacations were so full of activities...

Yesterday, Gwenchik went to "Disney on Ice" show with a friend; then had a huge ice-cream at Friendly's, and topped it off with xbox game against Dad.

Today she spent the morning at a friend's house, then we hosted a Dominion game with another friend, and now her third playdate of the day is here for the evening.

What will tomorrow bring? How can we beat all this excitement?

Monopoly

Gwenchik begged me to play "Monopoly" with her for a long time as I am not a fan of the game. As she is losing and finally lands on one of my streets with a hotel on:

Gwen: I can't believe it. You wouldn't help your ONLY daughter!
Me: Well, you can mortgage your railroads or streets and I can help you calculate...
Gwen: YOUR ONLY daughter and you want to charge ME rent!
Me: It's a game, as you well know. Do you want me to give in?
Gwen: No. But when I grow up and have a daughter I will not WIN in "Monopoly" against her. I always, always win against Dad, as he doesn't know how to play. Why, why, why do you win in the game you do not even like?

Beloved Munchkin

Well, Munchkin is our game of choice now. After our first tournament, there is a lot of improvement -- she doesn't get upset, actually reads the cards and starts to strategize! Played two games yesterday and two today. Each day she won one game, so she is very satisfied :)

Overflowing day

Gwenchik did her math homework in the morning, than went to Tae Kwon Do to test for a green stripe on her belt (she got it) and off to MIT to celebrate with Mexican food. Than we lucked out and managed to bike along the Charles river for 2 hours before it started to rain. Back home we organized our first kid-friendly board game  of "Munchkin".

Every Saturday seems to be overflowing with activities, so tomorrow just math and recovery time :)

KingKong

We are playing the letter game: I name the letter -- Gwenchik comes up with the word that starts with that letter. Than she gives me a word and I have to figure out what letter it starts with. Some times we just make up our own words, so we always explain the word means.
Me: A
Gwen: Apple. It is a fruit that you can eat in the car (she often munches on apple on her way to the child care)
Gwen: KingKong
Me: I think it starts with K…What does this word mean?
Gwen: There is a King and he is married to a prince Kong and because they live together there are King and Kong. A princess can't have a name like Kong, so it is definitely a prince…