Day 2: Part of the Day

 

Since I do a series like this every year, I like to try to choose things that are true of our family for a stretch of time, but likely won't be true forever. One of the things that we like to do a couple times per week right now is play Settlers of Catan. 

I'm grateful that the kids are old enough to play games and watch movies that all of us can genuinely enjoy. I'm grateful for this game, which has just the right amount of complexity and length of gameplay to be maximally enjoyable. I'm grateful for how it brings out the girls' personalities, showing their increasing abilities to strategize, negotiate, and adapt. I'm grateful for the Longest Road card and getting a killer 2 for 1. Most of all, I'm grateful for the time together.