Battleship!

I found a few bargains yesterday at the local thrift store. One of those was the board game, BATTLESHIP for $1. It was/is in really good shape w/ all the pieces there... which is very important, of course.

Anyway, last night after supper, we got it out and played. Greg and Leah were on a team and Lexie and I were on a team. Leah started out really well and hit two of our 5 ships right off the bat. I thought for sure we were going to loose. Then we had a huge come back and won the game.

It was so comical to watch Leah, especially, play the game. She was so anxious everytime Lexie would "fire" her shot at Leah. One time when Lexie made a HIT, Leah said, "Oh no, you hit our ship. The biggest ship of all! It will take 4 more hits to sink it, though!" Greg was dying, because she was giving us clues about her ship and its location.

Then when we finally HIT their last ship, which was the submarine, Leah was so nervous that they were going to die. I eased her pain and told her that maybe a plane would zoom down and rescue them before we sunk their last ship. She was glad for that. Otherwise, she did not like where the game was going.

Kids are so much fun to play games with.... a lot more fun than watching TV!

And I definitely got my dollars worth in that game... even if we never play it again!