Gaming

BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN:  Last night, we made our second trip to Safeco Field this season to take in a Mariners game. 

As usual, we caught a bus down and got there early enough to see batting practice.

Neither team was hitting many baseballs beyond the outfield fences, but a kindly King County Sheriff's Deputy Annabelle was handed one that made it into the bullpen. Sweet!

EARLY BLOOMS:  Whilst taking an afternoon stroll with the pups, we couldn't help but notice everything in bloom. Tulips, irises, wisteria, lavender, lilacs and even roses - early for the latter. 

I captured the beauty above using my cruddy cell phone camera. That's how pretty it was! 

Speaking of plants and gardens, yesterday Christian and the kids transplanted some of our tomato starts that were outgrowing their tiny pots.

 They have a lot more room to grow now.

GRAMMAR GAME:  This weekend, we scored a new (but old), still-in-the-shrink-wrap board game at Goodwill, Oxford, subtitled "The Great Oxford Game of the English Language." It was just $5.99!

Players have to answer questions that have to do with the spelling or meaning of words. There are varying levels of difficulty in the questions. The further you progress around the board, the tougher the questions get. It's a SUPER great game for language arts-related studies, and another example of how learning can be fun!

We took a little over an hour to play it from start to finish. Christian was the winner this go round. The rest of us look forward to a rematch.

I think the game is pretty rare these days. It's hard to find any mention of it online. Happy we have one in our board game collection!