Slug Bug....Rainbow?

As a family, we like to have fun. So we taught the kids how to play "Slug Bug (Color)" while we are driving around. Of course, rules had to be amended when I started getting bruises on my arms from way too excited kids spotting one. So, now it is "Slug Bug (Color) - Virtual Punch".  And we've had to cancel the game a few times when attitudes started going south from not getting to call it first. 

All of which has taught the kids valuable lessons in "fun"...sometimes you lose. In racing, Hunter has had to learn the joys of winning and the agony of defeat for whatever reasons there might be. But the bottom line is always - are you having fun? 

When the fun leaves a game or sport or really anything you enjoy doing, then is it worth it to keep doing it? I'm not advocating quitting, but perhaps, re-evaluating why you are doing whatever it might be. A karting friend told me basically the same thing this weekend regarding our "fun" sport - when it becomes a tiresome job, it's time to step back from it. 

Hunter had a race this weekend, but he was the only one in his class to show up to race (other engagements, broken karts, etc). He was put in a group of two other classes, but all he had to do was take the Green Flag and then come back in - save the kart if he wanted to. But not our boy. No, he said he would race to the Checkers - because it's fun to be out there! 

So, we learn game playing in the car with Slug Bug. Sometimes you are first to call it, sometimes you lose. And if you lose, you laugh and say, I'll get the next one!! And keep playing - as long as you are having fun!!