For anyone born after the year 1975 you are probably saying Happy what? Happy Families... it's a card game. A bit like Fish, but instead of collecting pairs, you collect families. Right, now you've got it.
Anyway, I had no clue what Happy Families was either, and since the game had been purchased in France, and the box was covered in French, we all assumed the instructions would be in French and we would have to google the instructions before teaching the Bombshell how to play.
Turns out the instructions were provided in about 16 languages including English, but it was completely irrelevant anyway. The Bombshell wanted to play her own game - Snap - and using her own rules.
I really quite like her rules and think they have a lot of potential for being extrapolated to our everyday lives, so I am sharing them with you in the hope of making the world a little more pink and shiny.
Rule 1: the cutest and smallest person always gets to start
Rule 2: the cutest and smallest person can have a peek at their cards before doling them out
Rule 3: try really hard to be the first person to Snap a pair, but it's okay if you wait a while to let someone older and not as cute snap them first
Rule 4: try and take turns to Snap the pairs, but if you find you have all the cards, give some of them to the other player
Rule 5: try and keep the game going as long as possibly, even if Mum is tired and she needs to cook dinner. Compliment her as much as possible so she stays on the floor and keeps playing
Rule 6: make up new rules as often as possible
Rule 7: even if Daddy loses all his cards, tell him he is still really good and you love him lots
Rule 8: the winner is not necessarily the person with the most cards, but the person with the most stamina
Happy playing everyone. Bon chance.
I remember playing Happy Families and I was born after 1975! it was a fun game - we had this totally British set in groovy seventies outfits :)
ReplyDeleteI love a kid who can think on the run :)