Got Games?

I’m coughing like a crazy person, but other than that (and the resulting loss of sleep) I feel SO much better.  This afternoon the I persuaded the kids that before Christmas could come, we had to sort through all the games.

ALL the games.

Now for some families, that might mean two or three or twelve games.

This is what it meant for us.

Wow!

 

We sort our games into several catagories.  Group, traditional, two-player, 2-5 player, and kids.  We went through each category and decided which games we don’t play and made a big stack to give away. 

But this was the interesting thing.  We have several games that I really have no desire to play, yet I feel strange about getting rid of them.  For example; we have a very nice Monopoly set.  It’s in a neat tin, it has great holders for everything.  I still don’t want to play it.  We have 20 games that I’d choose in a heartbeat to play before Monopoly.  And yet I feel some kind of obligation to keep Monopoly.

As we put the games back, we tried a variation on a trick I read in an organization book last week.  We put all the games in upside down.  As we play them, we will put them away right side up.  Any games still upside down a year from now…will have to find new homes.

Something tells me that Monopoly game’s days are numbered…

 

P.S.  After going through all of the games I have a huge stack that need to be played ASAP so we can decide if we really want them.  And I decided that Santa isn’t bringing any new games this year.  (Except for S’Quarrels, which was invented by our friend Megan’s husband!)