Category: play
one bag of broken army men please
While I was making the weekly drive to bring Tommy home from LMU for the weekend, Doug stayed home to work and watch Evan. One of the many disasters I came home to find was the ruins of an epic battle involving small plastic army men and a wooden train. As I was tossing the […]
“Look Mom, I got runned over.”
Those words aren’t very adrenaline inducing when the person speaking them is just holding out their small hand, which is unscathed except for a bandaid. I peeled the bandaid back and saw a scrape that was still filled with little bits of road. The mention of washing off the injury caused tears and I looked […]
climbing the walls
Maybe we should tie Amy to her bicycle.
Paper Dolls
The main presidential candidates have their own paper dolls. Online paper dolls would be much more fun AND environmentally friendly. How would you like to dress your new friends? I would like to see their costume choices for Fantasy Con.
fun with fireflies
Fun for everyone: Catching fireflies. Fun for children: Letting fireflies go free in the house. Fun for nobody: Forgetting to let fireflies go free.
Green . . . punch buggy
The game of punch buggy has evolved in our family to require announcing the color of the Volkswagon that you are claiming before you slug someone. Sometimes, we just blurt the color before inflicting the punch. IF you are sitting at a red light and a green VW cruises past you, THEN you should not […]
fun for them, but not for me
Fun for them – Spinning until you fall down. but not for me – Your child making you spin with them. Fun for them – Your child blowing up and popping bags. but not for me – Wondering where all the ziploc bags went. Fun for them – Pushing each other around the house in […]
What water bill?
If my children (and dog) could have just one toy in the summer, the water hose would be the winner. They will spend the entire day playing with the hose, taking breaks only to make sure they use every single towel in the house. Water rationing? Drought? I don’t know what you’re talking about. Pretend […]
games children play
Create elaborate Little People town. Play until attention span wanders to other things. Grab flashlight. Dog chases flashlight beam. Shine beam through the town randomly. As dog crashes into buildings and sends people flying, shout “Godzilla!”