You haven't lived until you've played Pictionary with a 3-year-old

The game: Pictionary

The teams: Daddy and Ruth vs. Mommy and Weston

The rules: Somewhat modified

The scene: Weston rolls the die and happily moves his piece the number of spaces. It is his turn to draw. Daddy whispers in Weston's ear something off the card that he is likely to know what is. Weston does not hear him and then does not understand him. Finally, Weston readies his pencil and promptly forgets what he is supposed to draw. Daddy reminds him. Time begins and he positions his paper just so, places his hand on it and begins to trace, saying, "Look what I can do!" Surprisingly, time runs out without Mommy guessing what he was supposed to be drawing because it didn't remotely have anything to do with a hand. Mommy draws on the next round, while Weston looks all around the room and wanders off a couple of times. Finally, Daddy asks if Weston would like some help guessing, to which he replies, "Sure." Ruth and Daddy then begin guessing. Weston does not. When it's Weston's turn to draw again, his object is "thumb." Daddy thinks this will be easy for him, since he can obviously draw his hand. Instead, he draws swirlies on his paper, and Mommy begins to guess wildly. "No," he says after just two guesses, "it's a thumb." Later, when tasked with drawing a cow, he carefully lays out two pieces of paper. On the first, he makes a very elaborate drawing, putting in numerous vague details. As the time for that turn winds down, he quickly makes a mark on the other page, and then promptly returns to the masterpiece. When time is called, he proudly announces that he has drawn a dolphin. Daddy's face is all surprise as he says, "You were supposed to draw a cow." To which Weston points at the mark on the other piece of paper and says, "That's the cow."

The result: Mommy and Daddy laughing so hard they can't see straight and a miraculous victory, due to the modified rules, by Team Mommy/Weston.