Weekend with a six year old

Things you say to a six year old when playing board games:

- "Sweetheart, you can only be one color chip/horseshoe ect. . ."
- "Whatever you roll on the dice is the number of spaces you go."
- "No, you can't just put the dice on the board with the number you want."
- "No, you can't keep rolling the dice till you get the number you want."
- "you can only draw a card if you land on the space that says "draw a card."
- "Well, you have to do what's on the card to get the points."

All this aside I had a delightful time playing the game I got my niece for her birthday. There were a lot of rules to enforce and I didn't have the heart for them all, so we made up some of our own and ignored others. Her parents may have to undo much mayhem from her visit to the grandparents. She's been spolied not having to share any toys or attention with her brothers and aside from us insisting on watching the Wimbeldon finals on Saturday, she got to do just about everything she wanted to do. Play games, go to the "park," swim in the "hot pool," play with the walkie-talkies, play with the cat, watch animal planet, play with paints and play-dough, eat noodles with cheese, have smores, have ice cream and sleep in her specially made bed, all with one of the best laughs I've ever heard come out of a child. She may not want to come home, we may not let her ; )