We Start 'Em Early on the Farm

In the evening Son1 and I spend alone time, just the two of us, working on Math. Yes, MATH. I know, that's not what it looks like in the pictures, but yes MATH. We joke about raising the poker prodigy and the card shark, but not these nights.

The first few minutes he explores the manipulatives independently. He plays with them however he wants.
Then after awhile, we play different games that require dominoes, Uno cards, poker chips, and dice. I adapted many games I used to teach second and third graders for my preschooler. I am amazed at his Math literacy that I completely did not teach him. Just by handling dominoes and dice in particular, he made simple observations about the different ways to make the same number, such as 4 and 2, 3 and 3, and 5 and 1. They all "make" 6.
His eagerness and wonder inspire me. Am I too grown up or too busy to wonder like a child, to make new discoveries? Do I just need to play more?

Poker Muscles

We had a little going away shin dig for some friends this weekend. The wife (yes, the one that moved, the one I had no mercy on) thought she had me with a Full House, 2s over Jacks. NO NO NO! I could not be stopped with my ROYAL FLUSH.

See me flexing my poker muscles? The odds of hitting a Royal Flush in Texas Hold Em is 1 in 650,000. That is according to Google. So if that figure is wrong, take it up with them.


This is for everyone that has wondered how my Competitive Spirit is doing.