For months now, from time to time, we as a family, will huddle around a colorful animated board game you all know and love.

So, Candy Land has changed a ton through the years. Ok, no, it hasn’t. If you know basic colors, you can play. My daughter loves it, so we play often. Here’s my issue. I ALWAYS LOSE!

How can one man be so un-lucky? There is absolutely ZERO skill involved in playing this game, yet I always lose…by a lot.

That is, until last night.

I came into last nights match up with a career record of 1-47. But last night…Well, last night was magical.

Game 1:

My first card pulled was a single Orange. That gives me an early advantage as the first Orange in the game is “Rainbow Trail”. I never looked back. Each card raced me to the finish. Double purple, double red. Leah got “Lolly” to get a little sniff, but in the end I won by a large margin.

Game 2:

Maybe the quickest game of Candy Land on record. The first card I selected was “Princess Frostine, ” the best character card you can pick. I reached the Candy Castle a few swift moves later before either Leah or Sandy could even make it to “Gloppy”.

So, there you have it. Allow me to gloat today. Today I am not unlike the Spanish squad that just won Euro 2008 (Viva Espana!) by going undefeated.

Today, I am the supreme champion of Candy Land!