Beware of "Mouse Trap"

Mouse Trap may be the most annoying board game ever created ... at least from a parent's point of view. First, it takes forever to set up initially. Then, its pieces fall apart constantly during the game. Next, we spend half the game trying to keep the kids from spontaneously "turning the crank" to catch other mice, which if we are all really honest, is the whole point. Lastly, the boys aren't really interested in any aspects of the game except "turning the crank," so it turns out to be 30 minutes or so of kid chaos and parent frustration. Just imagine, 30 minutes with kids in this state of mind:

Cute, but a little much after a couple of minutes. Can you tell it was Morris Family Game Night tonight? This is a little ritual that we started once we realized that Evan and Bennett had seen every episode of "America's Funniest Home Videos," which used to be our Sunday night family tradition. So, the kids got older and we moved on to board games. On the menu tonight, Mouse Trap (obviously), Dora Candyland, and an awesome thing you should check out called Fun Folio: Family Edition - it's from Cranium and if you are a family that is in any way creative and silly, you'll have a blast with it. Plus, when we're done, we'll have a family memory book to boot. Love the double duty!

The evening ended with a "Funny Face Contest."




Matt won by a vote of 3-1 (I was the runner up - sigh). What do you think?