Poker fascination


I guess it's because it's all over TV these days, but Liam has become completely fascinated with poker. Not that we've ever watched it ourselves in our house. But it seems you can't get away from it in some restaurants.

Specifically he loves Texas Hold 'em. Now I grew up playing poker with my broithers and the boys in the neighborhood. But I have never played that game before. So that made it kind of fun. He was able to teach me something, which I'm sure for him was a nice change of pace from being constantly instructed by me!

After he learned he decided he simply *must* have a poker set of his own. A couple hundred clay chips, a couple decks of cards, and a case to carry it all in. I thought it was crazy - why all the ornamentation? Just play the game! But he really wanted it.

I certainly wouldn't buy it for him, but he had saved enough allowance money to get it. So he did. And unlike so many other things he buys, he's actually stayed interested in it. He brought it on our family vacation. Not just a desk of cards - the whole case! And we used it several times.
So I guess there is something about letting him get things on his own.

Amazingly he knows what he likes better than I do!