Finally got to play Fight Klub a couple times with Bman. We both enjoy it – it hits the target of being a light CCG with some depth. I don’t want to rehash it all here as I’ve already written a review on BGG for it – check it out.
TGIF, but we have a ton of housework to do this weekend. My parents are driving in from CA next Thursday through Tuesday, along with two aunts who are visiting them from Korea (actually, the same ones who escorted Caroline home in January), plus a family friend will be coming down for the same weekend from St. Louis. Full house, anyone?
We were hoping to squeeze in a trip to the Philbrook Museum tomorrow and maybe Watchmen on Sunday, but that’s starting to look like a long shot. We went to the Philbrook when our friend Marty was visiting last weekend and found they have a free kids program. Ryan got a little plastic box with some art supplies in it, and each month he brings it they give him another item for his box. In addition, the second Saturday of each month is a family day with free admission for everyone (we’re not members (yet?) so that’s $7.50 per adult in savings) and some sort of family oriented programming. Ryan has really taken an interest in painting with his water colors lately, and his drawing ability continues to improve. I’ve been trying to teach him to “draw what you see” sometimes instead of just making up his own (largely scribblicious) pictures, so it’s been fun.
And of course I’ve stayed up way late like a dumbarse, playing COD:WAW and now screwing around here and working on card images to upload to Artscow before the “$5.88 and free shipping” per deck coupon expires this weekend. *sigh*
art, ccg, decipher, fight-klub, philbrook-museum
You know, as a parent I’m constantly “keeping tabs” on my son’s progress in different developmental areas (and now, for my new daughter, too). Is he talking like he should for his age? Should he be reading by now? Can he ride a bike? Apply critical thinking skills to synthesize a concept? heh
Anyway, one of my favorite unexpected pleasures is when he does something that I totally had no idea he could do. For example, up to now, his drawing skills were pretty much non-existent. When pressed, he could draw a square or circle for you, but otherwise when left to his own devices he pretty much just scribbles, with an occassional oblong shape when he draws a germ (don’t ask). Today, he drew a dinosaur. It’s not great feat of art – not even as good as my mediocre skills can render – but it was clearly a quadripedal shape. He told me it was a brontosaurus and pointed out its legs and head, and that there was a blue sky above it.
Awesome.
Other recent bits:
- I had no idea he was learning about the planets in preschool. He asked me what a star was and I told him I thought it was Jupiter. So he told me about Mars. “It’s all red there. Everything rusted, and then everyone had to move to Earth.”
- He and the D went to “Walk with Dinosaurs: LIVE” at the BOK Center the other day. He told me about how the asteroid came down and caused all the dinosaurs to die. “But I think maybe, they’re not really all dead. Maybe they’re all hiding.” When I asked him why we haven’t seen any, he said, “They’re still hiding in case another asteroid comes.”
Well, actually, I better stop there. I think most people love stories about their own kids (and will tell them at length), but most people find other people’s kids stories boring, heh.
art, dinosaurs, mars, parenting