Abracadabra disaster

I came out of the kitchen to find Jake in the middle of what can only be described as a magical explosion. Cards everywhere. Complete look of defeat on his face.

Abracadabra disaster

Turns out he’s been watching YouTube magic tutorials for weeks, trying to master some basic card tricks. Today was apparently “shuffle practice day” which went about as well as you’d expect. The 52-card pickup that followed was definitely not part of the trick.

The cleanup phase of amateur magic hour

He swore me to secrecy about his magic ambitions, which I’m clearly terrible at keeping since I’m posting this. But watching him attempt the “riffle shuffle” three more times after I put the phone away was honestly the best entertainment I’ve had all week.

Note to self: maybe suggest he start with coins.