Board games

Board games and card games are on the rise, so a new board game café is being planned for Minnesota.

Along with Clifford the Big Red Dog and Harold and Stone Soup, Where the Wild Things Are was one of my favorite early childhood books.  That book has been turned into a game and you can win this for the little one in your life with the Breakfast Club on Wednesday!

We had a couple of friends celebrate New Years with us on Monday night.  We had some drinks and played some games.  One of the games they brought was a ridiculously big dice game.  The dice were huge, as you can see.  After struggling for a while trying to fit them all our hands, I came up with an idea:  use the champagne chiller can.  Great idea right?  My ears are still ringing.

I once was told by someone that our surroundings shape us for our adult life, and some of our childhood is programmed into us. When I read this article I was shocked that some of these games exist. Other people are noticing.......something isn't right. It's hard to think of an activity more wholesome and family-friendly than an evening spent playing board games. But just as film has its 'Clockwork