Saturday Situation

Helen was missing in action for most of the morning, firstly taking Madeleine to her party, after which she was off for a sleepover (24 hours of silence!), and then over to see her parents for awhile. I roused the other two to have breakfast while I took on Guitar Hero.

I then took the initiative and decided to teach Jess and Josh how to play Hearts, as much so that we can play this card game at home when there is just the family around. Helen came home once the teaching had been done, and after lunch we played our first game together, and as seems to happen each and every time I teach someone to play this game, the newbie won, on this occasion Josh was the victor.

After a casual afternoon we finally began that long-awaited-for game on My Monopoly, with Jessie's revamped properties and cards enhancing the gameplay. For those that enjoy playing Monopoly. Which my two kids and my wife do. Which I do not. Two and a half long hours there.

We stopped the game at 9.30pm with no end in sight and sent the kids to bed. Helen and I then watched the end of Series 2 and the start of Series 3 of Parks and Recreation, until Helen finally decided bed was the call sometime after 1.00am.