Family members will know that Aggravation is a board game that we started playing with my grandparents which would be the boys great grand parents. The board looks a little different and the rules are slightly different but basically it's a marble game where you race around a board to try to get all 4 of your colored marbles safely in home while wreaking havoc on other players.
Today we visited Grandma Plummer and her game was out where the boys caught sight of it. So far the games we've played haven't had a lot of rules and are short in duration as we work on attention spans and taking turns. Well they really wanted to "play" game. Well after limiting some of the rules and watching to make sure they each followed the rules and took turns, an hour later they are hooked on Aggravation. Now part of Aggravation is to take your opponent's marbles off the board if you can. This part of the game Eli loved, Lucas not so much cause Eli was really good at it. The other thing Eli is VERY good at rolling 6 and 1 which are vital in the game. That was the other thing we had to watch cause the temptation to slide the dice instead of roll is really strong.....not to worry that this is necessarily a trait of the boys because I remember watching my 90 year old grandmother do the same thing....only difference being is I couldn't correct her and felt that I should at least try to get the boys to play fairly. But Debbie (my sister) says she wants to take Eli to Vegas when he's older!
So here is fair warning for those who may have the opportunity to play Aggravation with the boys, there is much squealing, shouting, sighing, pouting, a little temptation to cheat and a whole lot more activity than your normal game of Aggravation. (Pretty sure the entire care center where Mom lives was aware of the game in Mom's apartment. They probably think she was throwing a wild party.)
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