Ticket to Ride

We love to play board games; they are a great alternative to watching tv, especially because they let you have a lot more interaction. One of our new favorite games is called Ticket to Ride.

We have the USA version, though there are several different ones available. I could explain the whole thing, but I recently discovered an instructional video put out by the company that made the game, so if you're really interested, have a look here.

One really nice thing is that this is a good two player game, but also good for up to 5 people. Its hard to find multi-player games that are also fun with only 2 people.

More game reviews and recommendations to come!

What a face!

Anyone care to write a caption for this photo?

I'll pick a "winner" and you'll get....your name on our blog!

:-)

Warm(er) weather

Last week we had several spring "teaser" days where it was mostly nice out, especially in the sun. But since Delaware is so flat its also really windy, which makes it feel a lot colder some days.

Emma and I sat out in the backyard one day. She didn't quite know what to make of the wind, so I ended up having to wrap her in a blanket and stick her in the bouncer (where she subsequently fell asleep).

Wii fit

I got a wii fit for my birthday and have really enjoyed using it this past week. I never thought that I would do yoga, mostly because it just looks silly to me; but I have been doing yoga on the wii fit and it is a really good workout and strength and balance builder! There are also lots of games and exercises that are fun to do but have some practical benefit at the same time. (There are also some games that are just plain fun and I dont think they have any physical benefit!) The wii fit even gets on you for not working out everyday - it says "too busy to work out yesterday, huh?" And it makes fun of you sometimes! - "do you find yourself tripping over your own feet?" But it has a lot of good, practical advice about working out, balance and strength training, and the importance of having an active lifestyle - things that most video games cannot boast.

My drums!

Friday I was able to set up my drumset in our loft! I had started working on it about a week before Emma was born, but ended up getting to tired. So I finally got it up this past week. I had some extra motivation because I'm going to start playing the drums for church again this coming Sunday. I stopped playing at church about a month before Emma was born, so I am a little rusty.

We didn't have room for the drumset at our apartment, so this is the first that I've really been with my drums in years (since I didn't have them at college either). Other sets are fine, but there's nothing quite like getting behind my set...its nice to have my "sandbox" back again!

March Madness

Martin and I filled out brackets last night for the NCAA men's tournament. Since neither of us have really followed college basketball this year, we did some research and based our brackets on what some "experts" said.

A lot of our picks were the same when we compared, so I'll just share a few:

Final Four

Martin:

Louisville, Purdue, Duke, UNC

Beth Anne:

Louisville, UConn, Villanova, UNC

Championship Game

Martin:

Louisville vs. UNC

Beth Anne:

Louisville vs. UNC

National Champion

Martin:

Louisville

Beth Anne:

UNC

We tried to think of something really good to have riding on the tourney, but all we came up with is that the winner gets to pick a store to go shopping and the loser has to help pick out the clothes. We don't really enjoy shopping but have been needing to go, so this should make things a little more fun!

2 months old

Emma went to the doctor yesterday for her 2 month check up. She weighed 9 pounds, 13 oz and was 22 inches long! She's between the 25th and 50th percentiles in everything, and the doctor was very pleased with how she's been developing!

Here's our little munchkin in action: