I’m #1! I’m #1!
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!
July 1st, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Do you drug test before a match? I think you may have had an unfair advantage being that you were eating all of that candy yesterday.
July 1st, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Listen here:
I WON’T BE ACCUSED OF DOPING!!!
I WON FAIR AND SQUARE!!!
If anything, the candy should be seen as a training regiment, nothing more.
July 1st, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Cute.
July 1st, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Yeah, so you beat them in Candy Land. From the looks of it, I bet they could beat you in arm wrestling.
July 1st, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Have you ever played Memory with Leah? We have the Disney Princess version and when my husband, daughter, and I sit down to play my husband and I get so competitive! So much that my daughter says “I don’t wanna play anymore.” and walks away. My husband doesn’t seem to understand that once you touch a card that’s it, you turn over THAT card! No changing your mind at the last minute. And I think it’s totally unfair that he purposely wrinkled the ALaddin & his Genie card so that whenever he picks up its pair he knows right where to go back and find it! Oh, now I’m on a roll (no pun intended) and forget the gym, I’m going right home after work to challenge him to another game of Memory. Thanks for getting me started. Oh, btw, congrats on your win!
July 1st, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I don’t understand Fred’s comment.
July 1st, 2008 at 3:06 pm
We have an “Alice in Wonderland” and “Dora” version of the memory game, but I’m not going to lie, it bores me to tears. Sandy won’t even attempt it. Leah still enjoys it though. Late the other night I heard her up in her room, and she was just sitting there on the floor playing Memory.
Oh, and don’t think that Leah and Sandy haven’t tried to cheat at Candy Land either! I see their tricks…picking two cards instead of one, skipping a turn…Well, not last night! Redemption was MINE!
July 1st, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Fred’s trying to fire me up. I may have the upper body strength of a gnat, but I could still take my wife and daughter “over the top”. Video proof coming soon…
July 10th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
I always liked Snakes and Ladders better.