#SOL21 – Day 22 – Cribbage

One thing that we always look forward to when we get together with my husband’s parents is a good game of cribbage. It’s been a while since we’ve been able to do this with them, and one of the games this weekend was a great one!

The two boys sat down with Grandpa to play a game of three-handed cribbage. The scoring pegs were close to each other down the first stretch of the scoreboard, but then Grandpa had a few good hands in a row and took the lead. In the second length of the scoreboard, Grandpa stayed in front with Nik close behind.  With each hand dealt, Eoin said, “This is going to be my comeback,” but it never was, and he kept getting a little further behind.

I went to check on laundry and came back as Eoin was moving his pegs onto the final length of the scoreboard. I don’t know exactly how many points he got, but he was now in the lead! Grandpa counted his hand…nothing. Then he counted the points in his crib…another zero. “I’m going to win!” Eoin cheered.

After two more hands, Eoin was just a few points from winning the game. Grandpa was close behind. Nik was happy that he made it to the final length and was past the skunked mark.

It was Nik’s turn to deal. He shuffled and placed a single card in front of Eoin. “This is the one that’s going to win the game,” Nik said.

As it turns out, it was the card that won the game, but it won it for Grandpa, not Eoin. The last card Eoin played was that 5, and then Grandpa followed with another 5. “A pair for 2,” Grandpa said as he pegged out.

“No!” Eoin said. But it was a great comeback, and a lot of fun to watch everyone play together once again!