Come Play a Game with Me

Last Sunday I led the children (and many of their parents) in our monthly Children's Chapel - a short 15 minute worship service for the kids. We were singing the hymn "Come Sing a Song With Me" and I asked for ideas for more verses. Because the Chapel was focused on Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement, kids thought of "Come Plant a Tree With Me". But then, at both services, kids thought of "Come Play a Game With Me".

It is so important to them that we - adults - play with them. Actually, game playing in general is something that humans naturally love, but that we seem to think is a "waste of time" in our adult busy lives. Sometimes it's hard for me to play the games they want to play, but it's always good if I can.

A bit of what we're playing around here, sorted by who plays what:

Mom

Dance Dance Revolution on the Wii (the kids pretty much just hop around until they lose, but they like it)

Links Crossbow Trainer on the Wii (everyone else plays this one too)

Fruit Ninja on the iPod (everyone else plays this one too, but I have the High Score!)

Carbon

Plants vs. Zombies on the iPod (plus Dad, and sometimes Hypatia)

Lego Battles on the nintendo ds (plus Dad, plus friends)

solitaire chess (plus Mom)

Zeus on the Loose (plus Mom and Hypatia and Dad)

Loot (another whole family)

Chomp (plus Hypatia)

Dad

some kind of Final Fantasy thing on his nintendo ds

Hypatia

SuperWhy on the iPod

Zeus on the Loose

Loot

Chomp

Don't Break the Ice

What are you playing?