these things take time

I got the chess pieces out for the first time with John. He liked all the variety of pieces, seemed to get most of the names down. Still have work to do though. When I got the pieces set up, the first thing he said was "Can we knock them down with a ball?"(like bowling)

He did like the concept of capturing the other pieces, so I showed him how to capture with pawns, and he took one and said "haha, you'll never escape from me!" then he took a couple more and ran off with them and put them in prison somewhere.

baby steps.

Hanna seemed interested in the pieces as well. She especially liked the horsey! They are Russian, chess has gotta be in their genes, right?

I had a lot of fun staying home with the kids yesterday. It was John's last day of preschool, so we went there. They had a bike parade, so we decorated their bikes while we were there. There was a little program, John got a certificate. He was proud of that!