Qwirkle

One of the girl's holiday gifts was the game Qwirkle. The game is simple enough to play, the basic rules being that you take turns putting down one or more tiles, matching colors and shapes to create columns, getting points for each row you make. At the end of the game, the player with the most points wins.The girl likes the game. The boy tolerates it. Jay and I? LOVE IT.

There is no denying we are big time nerds around here. And not the cool, hipster kind of nerd either. More like the let's-have-a-week-long-Scrabble-tournament kind of nerd. Or, the let's-play-Life-and-build-elaborate-fantasies kind of nerd. (Whenever we play Life, my pretend husband is always Alec Baldwin, Jay's pretend wife is Scarlett Johannson. This type of thing is totally normal, right?) But we have taken our love of Qwirkle to a whole new level. Not only have Jay and I literally played this game everyday since Christmas, but some days I think it's the highlight of the day. It's gotten to the point where we send each other texts that say things such as, "I'm going to Qwirk you so hard tonight" or "Let's Qwirk three times tonight. Right on the dinner table. In front of the kids."

So yeah, the game is fun.

*Sleeping old lady cat not included nor necessary for fun game play, but it's a nice touch. Yeah, we're also the let's-take-pictures-of-the-cat kind of nerds. Seriously, she has entire photo albums devoted to her.