A Quiet Day

Yesterday was a quiet day for us. We watched some videos the kids had borrowed from the library. The kids practiced piano and touch typing. We all read some. Katrina worked on her multiplication tables while Jack did a few math problems. Then we played a game of Monopoly.

Jack's strategy is to buy the side of the board with the most expensive properties. My main strategy is to buy the side of the board with the cheapest properties. But I also buy anything else I step on for trading purposes. I am not sure what strategy Katrina has. Jack was out of the game first. He could have one, but he made one mistake. Instead of putting houses on his blue properties the minute he had both of them, he held off, trying to wait until he had enough money to put on hotels. He could have wiped Katrina and I out early on... he says he didn't want the game to end too quickly.

So, after Jack was knocked out, it was between me and Katrina. I probably would have won, though she did have some good properties that she had hotels on. She didn't have as many as me, until she landed on free parking which had grown to over 2500! That and her shrewd purchases led her to the winner's circle.