Game night turned to all night

We stayed up way too late playing monopoly. At least it is Christmas break still right? My body is going to hate my decision that staying up till 5 am was a good idea. It was so hard to quit the game when my little Justin was doing so well. He bought almost everything on the board and was in such a good adorable little mood. It was like the cuteness meter was turned on to high. His turn taking and fairness dial was set to almost normal and he willfully shoveled over owed rents to his fellow family members. Of course it didn't hurt that most money being paid was to him or that he had a huge pile in his color coded money piles. He even learned how to properly roll the dice. A year ago this same child could not make it through a shorter game like Sorry. Though games like Monopoly I think make more sense to him so perhaps he does better at those, but he has tried monopoly unsuccessfully before. A little after 2 am, Justin fell asleep. His brother, who was kicked out of the game previously for a bad attitude, took over. Alex is a sore loser so he was excited to come into the game with several millions. I guess when the money was all counted and the winner was declared we can attribute it to teamwork, though through a whisper I will say that Justin won. At least the kids will have a good memory of their last day of break. Now get me my coffee!