So I confess I am one of those people who always secretly envy those folks that have family game nights, because I have always liked the idea of the thing but actually getting it done is another story. But I have always had the idea of hosting a family game night here at the Coffeehouse.
I can see families arriving around 6ish, setting up their games and starting to play, I hear spontaneous out bursts of laughter punctuated with " You can’t make that move" or " that is not how you play it by the rules" and of course " Mom he's cheating!"
Even more importantly I see families that don't know each other at the start of the night deciding to share the same games in a match of guys vs girls.
Every year there is a happiness index done of all of the countries in the world ( http://www.le.ac.uk/users/aw57/world/sample.html ) and while you would think that the US would place at the top of the stats we actually place a relatively low number considering our wealth, and Hollywood. But the hands down winner for the past several years has been Denmark.
Now there are a numbers of reasons tossed around about why that is but one is that they participate in a number of clubs which are subsided by the government. If you have a hobby and can find a few others that share similar interest you get paid to pursue it, pretty sweet deal huh?
It turns out that humans are happiest when they are doing things together.
So with that all said we would love to know if any of you are interested in joining us for a family game night. This is really what we are about here at Kaiteur, building a stronger community. So let us know by sending a reply to this post. Who will be first?
I'm there. I'll have to create my own pseudo-family since my own aren't local...but I'm there. I can bring tons of games if needed, since we used to have game night all the time when I was in school. Whoo hoo--let me know when!!
Posted by: Becky Phillips | Feb 06, 2009 at 10:14 AM
I can't wait!! Duane & the kids & I will most certainly be there!
Love,
Jennifer
Posted by: Jennifer Munroe | Feb 02, 2009 at 08:35 AM
Hey Moose we (Quinn, Michael and Jill) will do it, given it is on a "right" night. We love board and card games. Watch me smoke them!
Posted by: jill | Jan 31, 2009 at 09:15 PM
I think a family game night is a great idea! If you decide to set one up, I will post it on our mommy board (we don't get a lot of traffic, but we are steadily growing!) I am hoping to make it back in there soon, Noah and I need another Chai fix. LOL
Posted by: Loni Carter | Jan 29, 2009 at 08:45 AM