First, I gave him a deck of cards and pulled out an ace, Jack, ten and deuce of spades as a way of asking if he'd like to play pitch. Unfortunately, he didn't get the hint, but he did proceed to find all the spades and put them in order from deuce up to ace. It took him a while with lots of double-checking, but he stuck with it.
Mom suggested we try to play a simple game of "memory" in which I hid two cards of the same value upside down with six other random cards all upside down. He did really well at that one.
The big deal, though, was when I dealt him two cards face up and dealt myself one down and one up in an attempt to play blackjack. As luck would have it, we each had a four showing, so he tried to match them. However, I insisted on going through the motion of standing on his fourteen against my four and dealing myself the bust cards, congratulating on his win. Wouldn't you know it, within two more hands, he was playing perfect basic strategy against me - knowing exactly when to stand and hit!
After a break, I brought out Yahtzee to play with mom and dad. He started playing right away, could find where to record the scores for each roll (with a little help on the bottom half), and needed very little help adding up the dice and writing the corresponding numeral in its place. Unfortunately, the gods were with me during this particular game, and I was able to roll two (that's right, two) Yahtzees. Mom and dad didn't have a chance.
Anyway, it was a really fun day, and I think dad enjoyed breaking up the monotony.
Just one more night in the rehab center, and then back home.
Thanks again for all your support.
Until soon,
Todd
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