One of Jamie's favorite things about or visit to Nana and Pops was playing checkers. Jamie enjoys games greatly and is getting better. The problem is that he has no concept of playing defense. In tic-tac-toe, for instance, he just barrels ahead trying to get three in a row, regardless of what his opponent is doing and this is pretty much how he approaches chess and checkers.
He did, however, reveal an interesting strategy yesterday after camp. It seems they have been playing dodge-ball at camp and he LOVES it. He excitedly told his strategy: "I like to wait at the back until all my teammates are out and then I am the only hope." I think that this is the combination of a)time spent with Luke Skywalker and Star Wars and b) our games of freeze tag in the back yard. When we played with a couple of Jamie's friends and Connor I would make sure to freeze everybody except one so that that person got to save everybody else. It started as way to get Connor some cred with the big boys but Jamie in particular really likes be the last hope.
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