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Human Checkers


Faith organized this game. She made the crowns and drew the checker board with huge pieces of chalk. Stuart and I marveled at her creativity and took pictures and joined her for a game. A mind-numbingly boring event. Not much action comes with being a checker game piece. Even after one has "been kinged."
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Mary@notbefore7 said…
LOL! Her creativity is great. Glad mom and dad hopped in for a round, even if it was a bit mind-numbing!
June 29, 2008 at 3:21 PM
God's girl said…
They are getting so big! I bet it was fun though-creative.
Much love,
Angela
July 2, 2008 at 3:52 PM
Heather C said…
What a unique idea! Great imagination! So good of you to join her fun... :)
July 2, 2008 at 10:56 PM
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