Radio Ga Ga

One of #2's favorite songs is Radio Ga Ga--she asks for it by name. I suspect that because it's the closest thing my YouTube playlist comes to Lady Gaga, who she has heard of. Lucky opportunity to learn her some classic rock.

Cribbage

Taught #1 to play cribbage last night (she's in 2nd grade now). She was winning for a while, after ridiculous beginners luck--she pegged a run on her first hand during the play ending with 31, when she didn't even know how to play. She had a run of four, A-2-3-4, and a ten was cut yielding an 8 point show for her.

I did throw away a pair into her crib once to allow me to keep a flush, so I could show her what a flush looks like. But there weren't many point I gave her like that, she was really winning. Until I got my double double run, 4-4-5-6-6, for 24.

I ended up one point short of skunking her, 120 to 91.

She kept saying "this game is like math," and I think Tetukas' advice was very good, that it will teach her to add faster, at least up to 31.

Seasonal Threats

Here's a good one for this time of year:

"Have fun Christmas shopping, cause I ain't even gonna tell you what I want this year!"
-The Missus

Assignment: Presentation about Indians. Primary resource: Disney's Pocahontas

Watched this movie with both the kids for #1's assignment because the only story I know about native Americans is gruesome (the one from American Gods). After Cocoa died #2 started crying pretty seriously, but after the movie she wanted to watch more.

So what did #1 learn from the movie?

"The Indians wanted to kill the humans."