quality time

So I was working on my computer and my husband was doing an online class. My boys have been waiting for school to end so they could go to my Uncle's in San Antonio. They will be staying for a week and I have been asked about the trip repeatedly since 2 months before school was even going to be out. Tomorrow is the day he is coming to pick them up. Anyhoo, my oldest son looks at me and says can you please get off the computer so we can play a family game. OMG how could any parent resist? So I saved my drafts, shut off the computer and we sat to play a game of UNO!! UNO - a classic, still to this day. I used to love that game when I was a kid, of course it was the new UNO, ummm oh yea UNO ATTACK. lol We just love the fear when we have to hit the button and cards may or may not spew out at us. We got so loud playing, but we were having so much fun. My husband who was still working on his class got annoyed 'cuz we were so loud, but oh well. He just got up and locked himself in the bedroom. We continued to play, switching cards with another player or making them press the darn button until cards shot out at them. The best part of the game is when my daughter used a switch cards with someone and she chose me. I only had three...ugh so close. So my son starts laughing and he says I can't believe you did that I only have two. He precedes to show us all his TWO cards, but fails to realize he is showing us his cards. We are all dying laughing and when he realizes what exactly happened he is oh lets say not as thrilled as he had only a moment ago been. We told him thank you so much for making us laugh. So I get lucky and win round one. We go again and my youngest son says that we are playing this game until he gets to win. Well, this round is lasting at least 25 minutes and my oldest(Chris) apparently changes the color of the cards continuously and we don't know why. So my daughter asking me what she should do has a card where everyone has to push the button until cards spit out. I tell her play it and Chris hears. He looks at me and is so upset because he says he has been trying to put the colors that "Benny" has so he can win. I look at my daughter and she puts down the color requested for him to win - yellow. It was just a game and I believe kids should learn that they won't always win and there are disappointments, but that letting him win wasn't the only reason she decided to play her yellow card. How could we ruin what Chris had been working at for his brother? So unconditionally wanting him to be happy. Guess there are other lessons you learn and teach when playing a game. Sometimes you just want to do something nice to boost someone's confidence & lol then you could just want the game to end already.
I am glad my kids and I got to spend this time together. My daughter is upset they are leaving. She is worried as is in her nature, she is my worrier. Come to think of it I am sick about them leaving too. I have never sent them away in the summer before. I know my boys will look out for eachother they are eachothers best friend I'm just gonna miss them something awful. It will be an experience on all of us. I am praying for a good one!!