Friday, November 28, 2008

Fun with Name Cards

When you are 8 years old and the youngest at your family's Thanksgiving table, you've got to come up with something creative to do. Here is what my daughter came up with using only the 11 name cards at our table.

Guess Who?: With all of the cards lined up, using yes or no questions the guesser determines who the guessee has chosen. This is a classic low budget version of the original Guess Who? game. 

Guess Who? II:  All the name cards are distributed, being careful that no one gets their own. When it is your turn, you must act out the actions of the relative listed on your card while everyone else guesses who you are imitating.

And finally An Early Christmas:  Cards are once again distributed and once they are, all the players are released to go "shop" throughout her grandmother's (my mom's) house for a gift for that person. Once we all return to the living room, everyone guesses which card you have, based on the gift you pilfered for them. Sadly, we were not allowed to take home our gifts.

What did you do post-turkey?


Monday, November 10, 2008

I'm climbing back on the blog horse...

It is time to saddle up the ol' blog horse. I was not thrown from this proverbial literary equine, but stepped down under my own volition. In fact, I actually enjoyed my time away from areyoudestinized, and was considering extending my hiatus until I read this from Dumb Little Man.

My hope is that you get something out of this blog (spiritual insights, relational advice, or where to get free stuff), but I also know that this writing exercise is cathartic for me. This is a classic win-win. I hope you agree.