Tracy found a travel Monopoly set (UK edition), and Catherine and I played a two-day game that concluded today. The money is small (doll-sized), all the print is tiny, and the dice are minuscule. But, the rules are the same, and a 4th-grader serving as banker can practice mental addition and subtraction with three-digit numbers. Catherine forced me into bankruptcy using the time-honoured strategy of denying any monopolies to me while building hotels and houses on the light blue and dark blue properties herself. At the time this photo was taken, I had little more than $100 remaining and Catherine had well over $2000. But, there was a time when she was down to her last $2! An epic comeback victory at my expense.
Catherine invited friend Jesse to the flat this afternoon. Among other things, they played chess on Catherine’s iPad and scrambled eggs for a snack.
—Matt
