A Card Game of Skill or A Game of Guilt?? You tell me.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click 'pause on the Playlist' to hear Kenny Rogers song that went well (and funny) with this slide show. NOTE: **This House Party: 'Card Me at the Door' was a Christian online writing project to benefit the organization 'Gift Card Giver' which collects gift cards and gives them to those in need. This is the reason I picked this Kenny Rogers 'The Gambler' song to go with my photo's of my card game. In no way does the song define who I am though. There's a line in the song that sings 'You gotta know which cards to give away, and which one's to keep....' which fit well with this project. So even if you have an extra $2 on an old gift card or several gift cards with left over cents on them, you can send them there where they will used for a very good cause. You can also get information by visiting High Calling Blogs for ways to get involved.

MY HOUSE CARD PARTY It was I, my 5 yr. old daughter and 3 yr. old son. They were forming an alliance against me from the beginning. I could tell from that first look they exchanged to one another, as if I didn’t notice! I was suspicious at first but in time I grew more and more guarded. I had my Memory Cards nearby and had a good pile of Goldfish crackers in my stash, but when I turned to get the camera and then turned back around some of my cards must have been taken because I swear I had more. That’s when all heck broke loose. I decided then and there that I will not be victim as the loser of this card game. I put my camera down and kept my eye on the ball, watching each and every fish, toy, animal, or other image that was turned over and unmatched, careful to observe where they were laid back down on the carpet. Next it was my turn again….I was certain I had my eye on some of the cards, and I was getting excited knowing that I ’had’ them….I mean how much memory can a 3 yr. old hold over Mommy???? But then, to my dismay, I carefully flipped the first card over but it wasn’t the card I thought it was (a tricycle image)….huh….That’s odd because I was thinking it would be the train picture. Yet I was determined and kept my poker face on, not showing any signs that I was bewildered. I flipped the next card only to find out that it was also something different.

Confusion flooded me as I scratched me head. I knew it! I knew there was deceit in the air and now I could smell it. I took out my best trick yet so that when it was Hannah’s turn I hollered ‘Kids LISTEN! I think I hear Daddy's car pulling up in the driveway! Go quick to greet him at the door!’ They both went for the bait and I quickly flipped several cards over to regain the upper hand of Memory knowledge. I know what I did was a low blow, but I couldn’t take any chances. Now I had them and knew right where the remaining cards were. Or did I? Little did I know how tricky these two villains were….suddenly I was the fool as little Jesse, later towards the end of the game, pulled out the ultimate scam. He squirmed and said ‘Mommy I gotta go pee, I gotta go pee quick….’ So in my fear of having a carpet with urine on it, I quickly jumped up, rushing him off to the hall restroom to help quickly get him unclothed to relieve himself and when he was finished he ran back like lightning to the game. But OH, the Horror, the Shame, and ruthlessness of these two….when I returned from the potty, even more of my cards were missing and not just that but now my stash had also been preyed upon.

I knew then that I was a goner. I had no proof. There were no witnesses and my ‘baby cam’ wasn’t turned on to reveal any evidence of pressing ‘charges’. I was duped by a very smart and conniving 3 & 5 yr. old. The biggest mystery I still have is why there are 3 leftover cards with no matches to be found. In the end I lost, fair and square I suppose because every card game has suspicion of who to trust and who not to, but little do they know that Mommy got the last word; even though they had most of the goldfish stash, Mommy bought her own package the very next day and ate them all to myself! Top buying your own bag of goldfish crackers Hannah and Little Jesse!!! See if you can do that one?!