Things to Do - The Stories We Tell & Random Links

I bought the kids No Stress Chess last week and T wants to play it all the time.

Have you ever tried to play chess against a kindergartner (even this simplified version)? It is basically like playing against yourself and trying to decide whether nice mommy ("oh, you captured my king? How brilliant of you. I never saw that coming.") or mean mommy should win ("Do you even know what strategy is? Of course I beat you."). The whole experience is exhausting. Though now T keeps asking friends over to "play" chess with him. This seemed like even more work, but by "play" chess he means consolidate a ton of stuffed animals in a corner to discuss how best to fight the king.

Happy Friday! Click on over to The Stories We Tell to see how everyone else photographed "toys" this month.

RANDOM LINKS:

* All of these fancy oatmeal recipes look delicious.

* 25 of the Most Unusual and Dangerous Journeys to School in the World.

* Let's Make Fun of Anthropologie Furniture. YES!! (thanks for the link, Melissa!)

* The Best Movies of 2014 So Far.

* I loved this post - from the Peggy Olsen montage to the unrealistic stock photos. Thank you, Cup of Jo!

* This 7 day cleanse actually looks sort of yummy.

* 18 Green Artists. Fantastic. Especially the oldest living things in the world.

* A list of common misconceptions. Prepare to have your world rocked.

* DIY Fruit Rind Air Fresheners. These look easy and cute.

* Lena makes me laugh.

* For photographers, this app looks cool (has anyone tried it yet?). And these DIY filters look fun to try as well.