"Tell that to my wine cellar door."
"Your turn!"Claire calls out."Sage and Luke.Prepare to be destroyed by superior sibling communication."
I stand, pulling Luke with me."We've got this.What's our category?"
"Holiday movies," Mom announces."Sage, you're acting."
Harper hands me a slip of paper.I read it and immediately groan.
It reads 'Love Actually’.I’m screwed.
"Time!"Claire shouts.
I launch into my performance, starting with what I think is a obvious heart shape.
"Heart!"Luke shouts."Love!Romance!"
I nod encouragingly, then pretend to open multiple doors.
"Doors.Many doors.Hotel?"
I shake my head, try again.
More doors.Lots of doors.
"Actually!"He suddenly exclaims."Love Actually!Multiple storylines, multiple doors opening to love!"
"YES!"
"Time!"Claire calls."Damn it, that was fast."
"We're a good team," Luke says, pulling me in for a victory kiss that makes my parents exchange one of their looks.
“Unh unh.No PDA during game night," Claire shrieks."It's distracting James."
"James is unconscious," I point out.
"He's absorbing the environment.I read about it in a parenting blog."
"You read parenting blogs now?"
"I read everything.I'm a new mom.I'm terrified.Sue me."
"You're doing great," Harper assures her."James is perfect."
"He screamed for three hours yesterday because his sock was 'wrong.'"
"Sounds like he takes after his mother," I mutter.
"I heard that!"
The game continues with increasingly ridiculous rounds.
Dad acts out "Elf" by basically just being himself but with more sugar.Ben's "It's a Wonderful Life" looks suspiciously like a man having an existential crisis, which Harper insists is "too real for Christmas Eve."
Through it all, I keep catching Luke checking his watch.
He's trying to be subtle, but subtlety isn't his strong suit when he's nervous.
