Bingo--who knew it was so fun?

I am not quite sure why BINGO is typically set up for older people.  It is pretty fun!!  Every Tuesday, my parents go to a close restaurant and play BINGO.  Their community also hosts a BINGO, but they deal with money.  Therefore, it is a form of gambling and children can't even be in the room when it is going on.  This restaurant gives gift cards out for their winnings.  We played 8 games or so.  Can't really remember the total.  Of the 8 games, Mike won one, Ryan won one and Lydia won the main "fill the whole card" game.  It was so cool!  Emily wanted to win SOOO badly, but she didn't.  She still had a good time playing though.  The kids had fun playing with and meeting Grammy and Paw Paw's friends. 

I think Grammy enjoyed having her Grandchildren around her during the game.  My dad was there too, but I only managed to get one picture of him (he was beside me) and it was blurry.  :(

The first winner!  Mike!

The second winner!  Ryan!

Lydia filled an entire board during the last game!  She won the big gift certificate.  The guy who was doing the game said that in the 5 years he has been doing this BINGO, this was only the second time a child won the big one.   Pretty cool!! 

Mike gave Emily his gift card and Paw Paw "bought" the gift cards from the kids since we won't be near that restaurant.  The kids were going to just give dad the gift cards, but he insisted since they were worth money.  :)  Too funny!!  They were excited!!

In this restaurant, there were these pictures hanging all over the place.  They all had something to do with food.  They were so cute!  One that said you shouldn't eat anymore than you can lift.  Quote of Miss Piggy.  Another one talked about how bread is supposed to land butter side down and that cats land on their feet.  What would happen if you strapped a buttered piece of toast to a cats back and dropped it?  Funny stuff like that. We walked around and read all of them.  In order to totally appreciate this story, you must understand that Emily is one who is very curious and likes to know about things.  If it is something she doesn't know, she will ask questions or will google something, etc.  She is a smart one for sure!  She figures things out and often does it before the adult in the room.  :)  This particular picture was hanging and she read it out loud.  I was looking at the one on the wall behind her and only realized what was happening . . . After reading it out loud, she took off toward the table where we were sitting.  Mike walks up to the same picture and reads it out loud.  About that time, Emily walks up with a little pad of paper and proceeds to write STRESSED backwards on her paper.  It was so cute!!!  In the middle of her writing, Mike says "Oh, Desserts."  She stopped writing and looked at her Dad with an "oh, ok" look on her face. :) I put it all together and realized what she was doing.  I kissed her on the head and told her how cute she was.  Making her wonder why I was doing that.  Too funny!!!  The one I was reading behind her--was one that said "Ham and Eggs:  A Day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a Pig."  They were all so funny!!  

Was such a fantastic time playing BINGO!  We need to have BINGO set up for younger people too.  :)