FOOD AND GAMES...Aren't they fun !

 *vintage checker board

When I was growing up, 

my family played a lot of GAMES...

Board games...

card games...

all kinds of games.

I had LOTS of aunts, uncles and cousins around all the time

and our house was where every one gathered.

All the females would cook up some of the greatest things to eat..

Mom would set the table...

and, back then...dark ages...we didn't use PAPER PLATES or RED SOLO CUPS.

Looking back now, I wonder if Mother had THAT many glasses and 

dishes, in general.

I guess she did...

Everyone would eat,

the ladies would clear the table...

and the GAMES BEGAN.

Of all the laughing, hollering, a little swearing  going on...

It was so so much fun.

Seems that CHECKERS

and POKER

were the two favorites of the men....

and that's where we heard a little cuss word or two.

:O)

The ladies usually played games with us young kids...

Games like...

MONOPOLY....

We played MONOPOLY by the hours !!!

♥♥♥

We taught our kids to play games, too.

Once, after Mr. Sweet and I had our children,

he and son, DAVID, stayed up all night long one weekend,

playing Monopoly,. 

I couldn't even believe it.

I am NOT competitive at all...but both of them are

and they couldn't stop until one of them won..

and...it was DAVID. :)

And, not only did Mr. Sweet LOSE..

his boss called him in to work the next morning and 

he had to go...without sleep...until about noon.

Poor Mr. Sweet..

Back when I was little,

we didn't have tv and so GAMES were always so much fun.

Chinese Checkers was a favorite, too.

We played PICK UP STICKS sometimes but

all of us liked the board games best.

Mostly, we played CHECKERS and CHINESE CHECKERS in the 50's...

But our kids had sooo many games.
Do you remember:
BATTLESHIP
CHESS
MASTER MIND
CLUE
YAHTZEE
OPERATION
??

Being raised in a GAME PLAYING FAMILY,

we played a LOT of games with our children.

In fact, I still have games, score pads and same pens they used

from the 70's and 80's.

Now , it's to 3rd GENERATION and the grands

seem to love games even more than we did.

It makes my heart sing to listen to all the laughing

going on between sisters, brothers, cousins...

(these two don't have a single smile on their faces...:).

GAME PLAYING is such a good, wholesome way to bring

all the family...friends...together.

I love that they have the electronic games, too...

I am just partial to the

"let's all sit down and play a board game"...

I like the togetherness...

I love that it can bring the young AND the old together as in

no other way.

♥

These two ladies are very good friends and the darling little lady is a terrific little friend.

Game playing has stayed with my son, DAVID, all his life.

He STILL loves a great game...

and his favorite ...

TEXAS HOLD 'EM
a poker game....

and, BOY, is he GOOD at it. :)
Of course, he is ALWAYS a winner in MY book !

OOO..

and we STILL love to eat..

hugs and kisses,

bj

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THANKS, LADIES. 

(this is the 4th and we are on our way to a cookout with son and family..)

:)