Chutes and "Wadders"

Josh has been working a lot of later hours lately, forcing Noah and me to find things to occupy our evenings while we wait for him to come home. Being that it gets dark so early these days, going outside usually isn't an option. Several weeks ago I bought Chutes and Ladders (and Candyland) at a yard sale for Noah, intending to save them til he was three. No go. He found them, and LOVES to play. Note, "play" is used in the loosest form possible.

Noah doesn't quite understand the fundamental concepts of either game; how many spaces you can move and when, what a chute does to your game position, what a ladder does, what winning means.... You know--the details! In one sense it's bliss to play with a kid who doesn't bellow when he has to go backwards in the game. He happily puts his piece where I tell him it needs to go, even if he's just had to ride the humongous chute all the way back to the beginning (I can remember crying over such a turn when I was little). On the other hand, it's like playing by myself when I have to do all the work.

Noah doesn't notice, though. As long as I'm playing with him, it doesn't matter what we're doing!