Summer of Pokemon

I thought this would be the summer of four square. Guillermo came home from the end of last year ready to play. We bought a ball, played a few games, and then Guillermo sat on the ball, deformed it and our game playing suddenly slowed.

Instead, this year turned out to be the Summer of Pokemon, with Will leading the way. Guillermo started getting into Pokemon last winter, but it was horrible to play with him. We didn't know what we were doing, and neither did he, but he and his friends had come up with a game based on a bunch of different rules they had come up with. The problem was, the rules always changed and Guillermo always won.

Will got tired of it, so he read the game the instructions (RTFM is one of his favorite sayings). And, he started playing and he liked it. So, after our summer vacation to Florida, we bought Will his own Pokemon deck. And soon, one of Guillermo's friends kept coming over to play Pokemon, with Will. I even learned the rules, but I'm still not that good.

Maya would watch and now she knows the names of the Pokemon characters, too. In fact, over the weekend, Will and Guillermo bought Maya her own pack of Pokemon cards, too. She was so excited that after we played a tag team match the other night, she replaced the jewelry in her jewelry box with her Pokemon cards.

Guillermo goes back to school on Wednesday. I don't know how much he is looking forward to it, but I know he does love his new backpack and lunchbox. It's Pokemon, of course.