Weekly Round-Up

This week I...

.... had a slumber party!  My sister Rachel and I played board games and reminisced, and had a lovely afternoon on Sunday.  We enjoyed playing Castle Panic, which was fun for adults, but she thinks might work for her two boys, ages 10 and 7.  It is a cooperative game wherein you defend your castle from the orcs, goblins, trolls, and rolling boulders coming out of the forest.  Everyone wins if at least some of the castle is still standing at the end.  It seems fairly complicated to start, so the adults might want to play a game or two first before introducing the kiddos to it.

... went to the house blessing of our dear friends Mike and Jen.
... snapped an expressive shot of Conner putting together a puzzle with Grandma.

... walked to the Sunken Gardens with Gen and Madeline.

.... introduced Arwen to squid

... and did some more volunteer voice-over work: