One of Ellie’s princess activity workbooks has a page with three fairy Godmothers each with a cloud meant for a child to leave a wish.

Wish Number One: Noodles with parmesan and butter every day. Not pointy noodles, long noodles but not with my Mom’s meat and tomato sauce, just cheese and butter, every day.

Wish number one sounds surprisingly doable.

Wish Number Two: To learn how to play chess and play every day. (In between parm/butter noodle eating). I suggested to Ellie that I could teach her to play chess and that I would play with her every day.

Wish Number Two: To learn how to play chess and play every day.

Wish Number Three: My third wish is for a cell phone.

Calling all chess players.