We decided that between Cole spending so much time at his friend's house so he can play pool and needing something for him to do inside while he recovers from his surgery, it would be good to get a pool table. We had been thinking about it for awhile and kinda watching, but we kicked it in a little bit when there was more of a reality he'd probably need his heart fixed again.
We finally found a good deal on a table on craig's list and put it up today. We had to do a lot of purging, which really just meant throwing out puzzles that were missing half the pieces, etc. Not a big sacrifice. We actually were able to rearrange the rec room to make a little more sense and now there's about an 8x10 living room area (seriously small I know) and then the bookshelf with some toys and books is lined up in the hall from the garage and then the pool table area. But it works and the kids are super happy....at least the older 3 that can play pool. We figured with 5 kids, it would be a good investment and way to spend more time together and also to get to know their friends. We played several rounds tonight and had a lot of laughs. Mostly at the expense of Chase and I because we're so bad, but who's really keeping track. The boys thought the gloves that came with the set were pretty funny, but then got attached to them saying they could shoot better. And one of these days someone will have to google what the set of tiny balls are for. I have no idea.
We were playing a game where we each had a number and you had to make sure it didn't get knocked in. If it did you were out. Brian couldn't remember which one his was, so I reminded them they needed to keep better track of their balls and well, Chase couldn't stop laughing. Such a 13 year old.
And when I asked the big boys to show me their gloves, little man Jae had to join in with his brothers. That his hand front and center.
And my little Jae loves his picture taken and despises wearing clothes. This is usually all he'll wear. Needs new Ninja Turtle pants.
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