At least a year ago I brought a few card and board games to Medellin from my homeland, hoping to recreate the fond memories I had of playing cards with my mom and family friends when I was younger. Well besides the fact that anything not technological does not strike Gio as "fun," I myself have not made enough effort during my time here to get friends together to relive those "fun" game nights I always saw on Will & Grace where adults make fools of themselves to get any point they can. So I finally took the initiative and inviting our friends who coincidentally have children. I say coincidentally because we have friends who don't have children of course, and the connection between people with children and their willingness to play games does not seem to me like a proven correlation. So of course the children were invited, and for some silly reason despite my 10+ years of babysitting I imagined the kids would be able to occupy themselves at 2 and a half years old. So of course that was not the case, as you can see from the photos, our game night turned into a babysitting night. But alas, if anything it served as a reminder at the end of the night how nice it is to say good-bye to children after an energetic and exhausting night.
Our two kiddos, Max and Sofie, getting reacquainted with one another. Well Max was ready to go since he got there, Sofie needed some convincing.
What could be more fun for a kid than somersaults and jumping on the bed?
And here's Uncle Gio, showing 'em how it's done.
Alright, I'll show ya.
Ah yes, old friends!
Resting after some rowdy bed-jumping
cutie pie
Hey what a minute, I want some!
the adults
Before his friend Sofie arrived Max occupied himself using Daddy as his toy.
