Not easily distracted, those boys of yours, are they?

Ahhhh, transformers - my younger daughter (mother of the 3 grands) was, like me, never a girly-girl; she always preferred "boys'" toys. She had most, if not all, the Transformers & one year she desperately wanted Optimus Prime for Christmas. Unfortunately, it was the "hot toy" of that Christmas season (I think it was 1983 but may have been 1984) & we could not find one anywhere even with out most valiant efforts (this was pre-internet & SO & I spent a lot of time calling just about every toy store in Chicago looking for one). I felt bad because she was never a child who asked for things. I told her before Christmas that we had been unsuccessful & she accepted it with remarkable grace for a 7 or 8 year old. Of course, by her BD in April, there was no problem getting one & she was delighted with it. I heard not long ago that the old ones have become collector's items & sell for a good bit (they were pretty expensive at the time - I remember being shocked at spending over $60 on one toy - this was almost 25 years ago). Hers are long gone having been passed along to my brother's boys who are a few years younger than her.

Wow, mille bournes. I can remember staying up all night, many nights playing that as a young teen at sleepovers. As I type that I realize that perhaps life was not that exciting in the early 80s in our rural coastal Canadian town but there was a lot of giggling.

Thanks for the memories.

Geesh, your boys are lucky to start in September. School started 2 weeks ago for the schools around here. That's awesome you guys are playing Mille Bornes, it's a shame they don't make the game anymore.

Sure, they still make Mille Bornes. They even make the old version with all the french on the cards. My boys have fun saying the words. When one gets and "accident" card, he says, 'now I need repairtions'. So funny!

I always loved that my brother, stepsister and I always got the same toys (obviously not exactly, or there would have been tons of fighting). When my stepsister wanted a cabbage patch kid, we each got one. We each got transformers. It meant such a wider variety of toys to play with than if we'd just been given girly gifts.

Though I played house with matchbox cars. Fun!

I don't think that telling your boys this will gain you much more knitting time, but my grandfather always admonished my cousins and I to "Cheat Fair!"

Good heavens, school here started Monday. I highly recommend Sorry as a fun game. Bean has developed quite the addiction which suits me fine as it was my favorite game as a child.

For a second there I was thinking "the boys play FLUXX? WOW, I can hardly play FLUXX most days..I think I need the family version :)

Milles Bornes ROCKS! I didn't know anyone else knew about it! And that is the sole reason I'm coming out of my lurkerdom! GOODBYE

I used to LOVE Mille Bornes when I was younger. You just brought back a lot of good memories of hanging out on the deck at my grandparents' house playing that game for hours after cookouts.

I was the youngest and they didn't have the patience to ever let me play mille Bornes! So while I have sat at a table where it was played for hours, I've never actually played it!

First Day of Schooooooollll.

Yay!

We met my eldest teacher today. She starts on the 4th, the younger goes to preschool twice a week starting the 10th.

PLEASE let me make it. ;)

I love fluxx. I have never played highly suspect. hmmm. I will have to look that one out.

I always get weird looks at game cons when I am sitting there knitting while taking their credit cards so that they can get entry. hey I can play and knit? Can you? not necessarily you Alison but most of the gamers out there can only focus on one thing at a time. I knit at times so I don't hurt my fellow players at their moves that mess up my strategy or when they take forever to decide what to do during their turn.

We love games, but like you, I almost always am required to join in. I'll have to check those out, since I don't know any of them. We love the Gamewright games like Frog Juice, Curse of the Ruby Rhino, Rat a Tat Cat, and Sleeping Queens.

Unlike you guys, my kids started school this past Monday. Kindergarten (1/2 day) and 1st grade. I am still trying to get accustom to them BOTH being gone for a part of the day..

we actually bought my older son (who is 15, and still nuts about legos, he should be a structural engineer!) star wars transformers for his birthday!

Wow. You're not going to know what to DO with all the spare moments when the boys start school!! :)

I totally loved Milles Bornes. I'm off to order myself a copy!

I love Set and play it at every librarians' gathering I go to. Math teachers tend to like it, too. The other members of my household do not share my fascination (addiction?) to the game so when I need a "set fix" I go here: http://www.setgame.com/set/puzzle_frame.htm