Playing checkers
Tuesday night we all went out for dinner to Cracker Barrel. Mozzie was in the mood for their pancakes, and Lindsay and I can always go for something there, so Cracker Barrel it was.
After dinner Mozzie and I went outside on the porch where it was still relatively warm. We sat in their rocking chairs and played a game of checkers on the set they always have available for use. I think this may have been is first time playing it, which is terrible but true.
Everything for his generation is screen-based and mostly single player only (multiplayer seems to be a thing of the past, especially local). I’m not much of a game guy and so haven’t really done my part to introduce him to any of the classic games that I remember playing as a kid. I made a note while playing - “buy a checker board”. Maybe I’ll make one though, could be a neat leather project...but now I’m just getting carried away.
I beat him, but was able to teach him the basic mechanics of the game while we played. He enjoyed it. I want to do more simple things like this with him, so much of life is complicated and requires so many moving parts...a simple game like checkers (and then eventually moving into chess) was a nice break from the standard chaos of life.
Have an awesome Thursday!
~ Aaron
Grateful log for Thu, 18 Apr 2024
- A full two days ahead for very focused deep work.
- Starting the day with optimism
- Playing checkers with Mozzie
...so much of life is complicated and requires so many moving parts...a simple game like checkers (and then eventually moving into chess) was a nice break from the standard chaos of life.