Wife and I had time to go over what we had bought for the kids for Christmas the other night.  Like all good moms, Betsy was worried about keeping everything even.  In the past, this usually involved gathering all the presents and putting them in different piles.  The one downfall for this method involves having everything out and ready in one place.  She is a very visual person and usually needs to see everything laid out in front of her.  Me and my abstract self can usually picture how things break down in my mind and work from there, but then again, I've never been completely in charge of the present buying operating around here.

So this year the question came up again and she was not looking forward to tracking down all the presents to figure out how best to divide them. 

This year I actually had a good idea and it was based on my board game creation experience in the past year.  I recommended simply to put each toy on a card, maybe throw the price and relative size on the card and arrange them until she was satisfied.  She said it was a good idea, but then to my surprise later in the evening, she cut out some cards with toy names on them and was shuffling them about.  She even made the cards different sizes (which I wouldn't have thought to have done) and wrote out what she wanted.

Amazing how different interests and hobbies can alter your problem solving skills without you being aware of it.

Regardless... hopefully your presents are all ready to go tonight!  A good holiday for everyone everywhere in the world - and thank you for taking the time to read this blog.  If you have had the chance to try out one of the games on this site in the past, thank you very much!  A big thank you to all those who have helped make the games this week that much better.  

Here's to a great holiday and a wonderful new year!