It seems only right that as the Olympics are raging across the world we should have our own epic competition here at home.
This afternoon, Josie and Katie dropped by specifically to play Yahtzee.
They, Zack and I played in the TV room, watching replays of Red Gerard winning the Gold medal in snowboarding.
The game got off to an auspicious start when Josie rolled Yahtzee on her first turn.
We knew something special was under way when Zack rolled Yahtzee on his first turn!!
I hadn’t even touched the dice yet and figured I was already out of it, so I announced my intention to play the entire game left handed.
“That’s ridiculous, Mom!” Cried left handed Katie. “I’m not even playing left handed!”
As though rolling Yahtzees out of the gate weren’t enough, on their next turns, Zack and Josie both rolled large straights, the second hardest, second highest valued roll. After two turns, I was down, being beaten by 78 points by two of my kids.
But the game was young and none of us had any idea what was unfolding.
The dice were on fire for everyone. Full houses, straights, three and four of a kind, we were all hitting on all cylinders.
Before the game was half over, Katie rolled Yahtzee and on the very next turn, I did!
It was on.
I’ve played before when more than one contestant rolled a Yahtzee but never before a game in which every player rolled one.
Much less two.
Josie had her second Yahtzee with only a few boxes left to be filled. It put her firmly in the lead.
For as long as it took me to roll my next turn. I was just hoping to get enough to earn the bonus up top but I threw three fives on my third toss for my second Yahtzee.
We were already whoopin’ and hollerin’ over the way the dice were falling. None of us had ever played, or even heard of a game in which six, SIX Yahtzees were rolled.
The last turn of the game was mine.
I got my third Yahtzee by rolling a two on my very last throw.
Zack couldn’t believe he’d started the game with Yahtzee, scored over 200 points and come in dead last.
The rest of us signed the scorecard, as witnesses to its veracity.
I’m going to frame it.