Movies & Games

When our family gathers with lots of free time, two favorite things to do are 1) watching and then discussing movies and 2) playing lots of games.  This time, the movies included the requisite masterpiece "Lord of the Rings" (all six DVDs of the extended version - some viewed more than once), requisite seasonal gems "It's a Wonderful Life," "Elf," and "A Christmas Story," and some new releases: "Avatar" (a blue version of "Ferngully") and "Sherlock Holmes" (a high action reworking of the great detective). 

Here are E & A in the 3D glasses they brought home from "Avatar."  LaLa is starting to play with my and Ack's old SLR 35mm cameras.  These photos were taken with the Pentax, my first major camera.

As for games, we started the week off with a game we've had for decades, The Beaver Game. It's a political indoctrination against the Army Corps of Engineers in the guise of a board game (I purchased it for us back in my most political days).  It's actually an amazing game where you take on the challenges of life as a beaver.  It's tough - all five of us died way before our time!  The other bright spot of a game is one that Erin and Al gave me as a gift for Christmas, The Settlers of Catan.  Fun, but frustrating when you're not doing well.