Who knew we had a cheater on our hands

Jack's not big into board games. I suspect it's because he can't sit still long enough to play one. And I suspect he got that gene from his father. I suppose.

But- once in a while he'll bust out Candy Land or Shutes and Ladders or something preschoolish. Yes- we need to hook them up w/ some better games for Christmas. Maybe if Daddy let us get a Wii we could play that too.

Last night Jack wanted to play Candy Land. I told him to get set up while I dealt w/ Ri for a few minutes. Once she was settled I went into the playroom and sat down for a rockin' game of Candy Land. Jack says to me: "You go first Mom."

HUH?

He alwaayyyysss wants to go first.

So I pulled the first card, moved my little yellow dude and waited for Jack to go.

Wellll- wouldn't you know that Jack pulled the ice cream card. The one that makes you go almost all the way to the land of candy! Hummm. What a coincidence.

He acted so surprised- but it was clearly a fake surprise. Fake by a six year old's standards.

So Jack quickly won the first game. I said to him after the game was over: "My Jack- you are so lucky that you got the ice cream card on your very first turn. Wasn't that lucky." (Wondering if it would make him feel guilty).

I am sure the right thing to do would have been to call him out. But I didn't and oh well. It certainly doesn't make me a bad mommy. And it certainly doesn't make him a bad kid- he's six years old.

Until next time...