The Second Day of Christmas

Another family at our church, the Schillers, invited us to join their family to play games together on the afternoon of the second day of Christmas. Tracy and Daniel have gotten to know each other a bit better the last two months as Daniel works near where Tracy does his research. On Thursdays, they have been able to meet for lunch. This has been an enjoyable relationship for Tracy and also a great way to continue working on his German.

Astrid had a variety of treats for us to enjoy along with Kinderpunsch, a traditional Christmas drink that is similar to Gluhwein. I need to get her recipe for this as I'd like to make this a Christmas tradition for us as well.

Simon, the Schillers' oldest son, gave their family a game for Christmas called Make 'N' Break. It is a board game where you build with blocks whatever your teammate describes to you. We decided to play family against family so that we could give all of our clues in English and theirs in German....making it much easier for us! We had a blast playing the game together and hope to have more times together as families.

Lennie is giving clues to Mailien while Simon and Astrid watch. This
game is so much fun because a range of ages can enjoy it together.
What square you land on the board determines what you have to do on
your turn. In this photo, Lennie has to give verbal clues about what
Mailien is to build with the colored blocks.

Daniel's turn to give Astrid clues...only the place they are at on the board
requires Asrid to be blindfolded. Very difficult to build blindfolded!

Micah's turn to give clues to Josiah.

You can see the picture of what Tracy is describing to Joel to build. The
whole time that you are building there is a timer counting down the
seconds so you feel a bit of pressure hearing that. Also, as the builder
you have no idea when you are finished so it can be a bit nerve-wracking!

As we left their home, they gave us a miniature version of the game. They had two sets of the travel size so gave us one of the games. It is structured a bit differently because of being so small yet still fun to play. Noah and I played it together several times this weekend.