January 16-Board Games!

Hi everyone....a day early!

Hope you are having a nice long holiday weekend & as we remember a wonderful hero in Martin Luther King Jr.  I'm sending this out a day early in case anyone wants to participate in a donation drive on Monday (see below).  Otherwise, I'll be back Tuesday!  --Aimee

As promised last Friday, task for Monday, January 16, is:

***Clean out all your board games***

(which are often in multiple areas around the house--so down to 1 location, too!)

Try to get keep a total of only 20 games in your household (good luck on that! would love to hear how people do!). I had to let go of those games we had seasons we loved and I think we'll play again, but never do!  If you REALLY end up wanting to go back someday and play Battleship, you can borrow it from a friend, buy it used somewhere, rent it from a place like www.toyconomy.com, or play it online!

Games make great donations to VVA (http://www.scheduleapickup.com/Schedule) or local charities in your area.  In the Boston area, if you want to do something special in honor of MLK Jr's birthday, Cradles to Crayons is accepting game donations in Dedham until 1 p.m. Jan. 16th:

http://cradlestocrayons.org/sites/default/files/MLKJrDayFlier_Final.pdf   

Look for 1-800-PACK-RAT units at Noble and Greenough School (10 Campus Drive, Dedham, MA) or First Church and Parish, Dedham (670 High Street, Dedham)

 

“Everybody can
be great, because
everybody can serve.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

BEFORE:

AFTER, with my garbage bag of give-aways filled nearby:

    fun trivia, our family's favorites right now:

•     Eliza: Hullaballo (& good at Perfection!)
•     Jazzie: Pictionary Jr
•     Xander: Stratego
•     John: Settlers of Catan
•     Aimee: Scattegories (must be the lists!)
•     John & Aim like to play: Scrabble
•     as a family we love to play: Bananagrams, Apples to Apples Jr.

   

What are yours?!



Quick reference what we've done so far:

1. spices
2. utensils
3. junk drawer
4. tupperware/pots/pans
5. socks/pj's/undergarments
6. baking mixes/goods
7. media stuff (CDs/DVDs/video games)
8. vases/serving dishes
9. coats
10. jewelry
11. tops of refrigerator and microwave
12. board games