Birthdays and Playing Cards

Just wanted to quickly share two experiences from this weekend:

1)      If you thought you were a devout follower of any religion, you may want to reconsider.  Unless at three years old you were already hosting two-hour long church services as your birthday party, like the one we attended on Saturday night.  Also, the pastor must have screamed his entire sermon and talked about burning in hell and other pleasantries instead of saying anything about you.  An big surprise for me--when I heard we were going, all I was thinking was music and cake!  Luckily, I don't think this is a popular party choice in Dina and Angel's family.

2)      For all of the Cranes out there, I would just like you to know that “Spoons” has invaded and captivated one more household on this planet.  I introduced the game Saturday night, and we had all the kids, Angel, and even the visiting pastor playing.  I haven’t known this family long, but this is the hardest I have ever heard any of them laugh.  On Sunday, Angel, of all people, was the one begging to play (but in his mild and soft-spoken way would send Augustin over to ask me if we could play instead).  Angel was particularly funny because normally he is very quiet and reserved.  But this guy was not in it simply to have a good time with his grandsons.  He was in it to win.  While I was busy trying to “drop” spoons so the five-year-old could stay in, he was ready to rip a spoon out of anyone’s hands.  There’s something about this card game...it brings out the best and the worst in people in a hilarious way.  All in all, we were laughing until we were crying--I think we will be playing again soon!