Hiawatha!

So a couple of Sundays ago, the kids wanted to play games after church.  So Dave thought he'd teach them how to play Hiawatha.  What is this, you ask?  

Well, let me just remind you that Dave has a plethora of useless knowledge stashed away in his head, that sometimes comes in handy.  He must of learned this game in his childhood at some point.  Either that or he picked it up from his college days.  Or, there is a real possibility that he just made it up, on the fly.  But either way, it goes something like this.  

Each person gets dealt one card which he can't look at.  When everyone is ready, each person lifts their card up to their forehead and holds it there for all to see.  Once everyone takes a good look around, they bid on whether they think their card will beat the others or not.   You might be wondering what they make their bids with since we don't have piles of cash laying around (and we don't gamble).  Becca got the idea that we use the games chips from another game that we have.  Coincidentally, this game is called "Fact or Crap" which I thought was ironic.  Here are some pictures of this intense game...

Becca looking at her dad for inspiration.  She hasn't learned the art of bluffing.

Jeffrey is our talented one.  Look Ma, no hands!

Amanda is pretty good at bluffing. Notice she has the same value card as her dad.

Dave and Amanda went back and forth, trying to bluff and in the end, Dad won!

So, Sunday afternoons at the Petersen home is made for...gambling.  No money was lost is the making of the blog post!