Of Chess and Checkers

This past week, I have been working on unpacking some of our "not immediately important" boxes (since we finally have shelves set up in our 8 foot long hall closet).  One of those boxes held a treasure of puzzles and board games that the boys have been excited to play with almost as soon as I pulled them out of the box.  One of the games is Tim's wooden chess set. Beniah begged me to play it with him until I told him that Daddy would love to teach him how to play chess.  Last night after dinner, the chess board came out and the lesson began.

First the board was set up.

Then came the first show down.

Pondering over the reasonings why castles can't jump over pieces but horses can.

Joyful gloating over capturing Daddy's queen.

To be play chess properly (after boredom of the game sets in), the kings must sit on checker piece thrones.

Meanwhile, Elijah and I pulled out the floor checker board mat and set out the large checker pieces.

  Which soon became beds for the "babies"

 

 Which quickly turned into sandwiches.

Only to be picked up and put away 10 minutes later due to boredom.

Something tells me that these games won't be brought out again for a few years.