Family Friday: Monopoly Junior
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This is my favorite of the Junior board games we’ve gotten so far — they did a really good job with this one. I love that we can encourage counting, because there’s no houses or hotels, and it’s only dollar bills, not 5s, 10s, etc. I always make my son count all of the money he wins at the end. It’s very easy, even for someone who’s a non-reader. All of the place names are cute and kid-friendly, like the Zoo and the Bowling Alley. Monopoly Junior moves quickly, and it’s a good, fun game — I highly recommend it. Monopoly Junior
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And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
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You are all so so kind. Thank you so much.
Thank you for your nice reply! You’ve nailed how I feel – I really wanted to say “do you know all the times I wanted to say no, too?!” But that would have sounded insane.
Anyway, that’s a really good idea – I think I’d feel less like I’m putting myself out there. Thank you!
From my understanding, “relations” (trying not to get moderated, hence the ridiculous word!) around here are called LGPs, or “lady garden parties.”
I was turned down for an LGP a couple nights ago by my husband. It’s not like it was the first time — we’ve been together over ten years, he’s turned me down in the past – but this time it really hurt. Maybe because I almost never turn him down, and when I do, it’s because I have cramps or am sick or something. In his case, he just said he was really tired. It’s been a few weeks – we have small kids – which made the begging-off doubly bothersome.
I wish I could take it in stride as I have in the past but I’m finding myself angry and resentful. He even said something about how he still finds me very attractive — I stupidly expressed how it got me down — and that made me feel worse, because I just felt kind of pathetic. What’s worse is, he made no attempt last night to try.
I’m just hoping for some commiseration and advice as to how to not be so emotional and reactive about this. And please = please, please — if you’re on the other end, where you’re doing the rejecting…I’d rather not hear from you! I’m sure it would be well intended but part of what makes rejection like this hard is that it goes against type, of the conventional wisdom that the man always wants it and it’s the wife being chased.
What are you favorite party games for adults? My preference is social games like outburst. Bonus points if it comes as an android app.
Richard Scarry’s Busytown, Eye Found It is a favorite of my 3 year old. The 15 month old doesn’t quite get it.
HALP. Mornings!
My kiddo (just over two) is NOT a morning person. I think she’s getting enough sleep. Naps 1.5-2.5 hours a day, and sleeps from 7:45pm-6:30am, ish. But when we wake her up she’s a miserable nightmare. It takes her a good hour (by which point we’re en route to daycare) to get herself together.
A later wakeup time isn’t an option: I drop her off before I go to work, so it has to be what it is.
But I was thinking maybe of one of those alarm clocks that makes the sun rise? Or something??? I don’t know but I swear I’m gonna send her to the north pole to live with Santa if I have to spend many more mornings like this. (I won’t. I love her. But I do not love *this*)
I could really use some anecdotes on dating success stories as a single, working outside the home, feminist mom. Realistically I don’t see this happening for myself until kiddo is in kindergarten (2 years out) but due to networking events etc I have been the recipient of interested (polite) inquiries and am at a loss as to how to really respond. Last time I dated I was 24 and it is now a decade later.
Here are the unicorn factors:
I am a widow and so very much need my late husband’s memory to be a part of our kid’s story, and also for someone to have the capacity to understand that my situation is a polar opposite from contentious divorce (ie my late husband is NOT an ex).
This is in addition to the usual criteria of being a feminist (labeled or not) and supportive of women’s rights, my career, splitting housework duties, etc.
I am just missing my husband a lot and could use some positive stories to remind myself that other people have been able to find happiness after a big loss. Thanks in advance.
board games are a dominant source of entertainment in my house – I have 5 and 8 year old boys. Favorites have been sequence jr – although I think we have now graduated to “adult sequence”. Fun for me too.
Yahtzee has been great – I do the scoring for my younger son, but the older one has learned a ton of addition and multiplication with it.
We also recently discovered a card game called “trash” (you can google for the instructions). It’s pure luck, quick, and can be played with 2 people or 10.
On the I-don’t-get-why-the-kids-love-it spectrum, we have a game called animal bingo that has been going strong for 5 years. If you draw 2 chips each turn it goes much faster.
I’d love to continue yesterday’s discussion about au pairs. We have one schedule to start this fall and are very excited. I’d love to hear more about what others have found made for a successful experience. We really want this to go well. Is a manual essential? Can we develop rules as we go? Should we have weekly meetings or is informal conversation better? How much should we help the au pair structure her time with the kids? So many things to consider…
Can anyone recommend a good quick workout for legs and but I can do at home? For those of you who workout at home in the morning, what motivates you to get out of bed earlier? In theory, I like the idea of starting the day with some light workout, then shower, coffee etc. while the baby sleeps. I think there are more chances that the workout will happen in the morning before work as opposed to after work. I also plan to commit to 30 minute walking each day. Thanks!
Any recommendations for bath toys for a 8 month old very energetic baby? I am trying to figure out how to make him actually sit in the bath tub because he is all about getting up. Thanks!
For kids who love math I can highly recommend Reiner Knizia’s Poison. We started to play it with my stepdaughter around age 6 and we actually still play it now (she just turned 11). It’s not a kids’ game technically and it’s pretty fun for adults, too. The concept is adding numbered cards to cauldrons, and trying to keep the total 13 and under.
We have a different version of Monopoly Junior (Monopoly Jr Party, I think?), and at first I liked it as a step up from Candyland, Chutes and Ladders and other games that are 100% chance and luck of the draw. But, at least as the rules from our edition are written, it’s still actually pretty much a luck game, since the rules in our edition say that if you land on a space and have the money you have to buy it. Plus we always have at least once incident that results in the little tokens that say who owns what space getting knocked off and arguments as to who owns which property.
I’ve been trying to figure out how to make this at least a little bit less mind numbing for me now that my youngest is son is 5 and getting better about following rules. We’ve started with not having to buy every property you land on, and I’m thinking of introducing him to the “charge double when you own both properties” rule.
The other thing that’s difficult about a game that’s 95% chance is that there is no recovering if you wind up with an extremely lucky few rolls and the kiddo is extremely unlucky. I try not to cheat to let my kids win every time, but I will at least attempt not to completely clobber them – and there is no way to do that here except to purposely mis-count a roll or to “forget” to take money for passing Go, mis-read a chance card, or to turn a blind eye to them cheating, which I prefer not to do.
I’m also spoiled because I have a 10 year old that can play real board games and has been able to for years, so I’m pretty much over most of the “Junior” games. But I could see this being a good pick if you had 2 younger kids, instead of a younger kid and an older kid. Right now, popular games in our house that the 5 year old pre-k kid can play (with some help, although he’s getting pretty good now that he recognizes numbers) are Trouble, Sorry, Uno, Crazy 8s, Go Fish, Spot It and Connect 4. I prefer these since they often have at least a little bit of strategy to them, and it’s fun watching my son think out loud as to which piece he wants to move, etc.
Speaking of, the Easter Bunny might want to bring a new game for the basket this weekend. Any suggestions good for a 5 year old that the 10 year old would be willing to play along with, that I can pick up in a brick and mortar store today or tomorrow?
I’d recommend Scrabble Junior/Scrabble. When I was growing up, I played with my grandmother, and she let me use the dictionary to come up with new words. It definitely helped to expand my vocabulary, and I have such fond memories of playing Scrabble with her.
My son loved this game. By about age 6, he was ready to move to regular Monopoly concept-wise, although he needed a little help counting the big numbers.
Another awesome game is No Stress Chess. It teaches regular chess, but does so in stages with the first stages limiting the number of moves available to you. There are diagrams and simple instructions. I also recommend Battleship as a no reading required game, just need to know numbers and individual letters.