O.k., so Geoff & I are extremely OCD & competitive. Not usually a problem. However, yesterday we decided to play a board game with Kirkland that he got for Christmas. It was Chutes & Ladders...a classic.
Kirkland does understand rules. For instance, if he spun a 3, he would count to 3, but actually jump like 8 boxes. Then he'd say, "Oh, I want to go up that ladder, and he would just move his piece!! Geoff & I were actually sweating. What do we do? We have to explain how games work, right? We tried to help him hold his piece & show him how to move on the board but he just wasn't interested. We are such "rule-followers" that we were stressing out! How can we win if there are no rules? Kirkland didn't care about winning, he just wanted to go up the ladders & down the chutes. Didn't matter if he landed on those or not! And he would want to spin the spinner 2 or 3 times until he got a really big spin, he liked for it to go around several times.
I can't even explain how stressing this was for us! Eventually, Geoff & I just ignored Kirkland's piece, still let him have a turn, but we just competed against each other. I think we'll try Hungry Hippos next...it has to be easier!
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