Raising Eli & Zachary + a little Princess

Eli received three new games recently and two of them are sure hits for every toddler. The first is a “Guess Who” which is a mystery game in which the players have to ask each other yes/no questions in order to narrow down the field of suspects until only one remains. This game is a logical thinking game that is awesome for the kiddies. Some examples of questions:

Does the mystery person have blue eyes? If the answer is yes, the person flips down the players who have any color eyes other than blue…. etc etc.

The second game is a listening game. The players separate into two types of players, one person gets to be the guy ordering the pizza, and the other players get to make the pizza. It is simple, the player who orders says they want a pizza with X number of toppings and places cards representing the topping in order in front of them. He repeats the items twice and flips them over. Now, each player making the pizza has to remember the toppings, and what order they were given. If the player makes the pizza with the right ingredients, then they get 1 point. If they make the pizza with the right ingredients and in the correct order, they get two points. The level of difficulty is changed by adding/removing the number of toppings.

The third game, which is not one of my favorites simply because it is way too repetitive is another NoodleBoro game where you have to use proper manners to take tokens representing food out of a picnic basket and place them in the proper spot on the picnic blanket, always using manners. The game is over way too fast and it is entirely too easy with little value, but to the kids, they love it just the same and it does encourage good manners.

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Nothing is worse for a dad and son then bad weather. Let’s face it, no man in his right mind wants to go to the mall to spend the day, and when the weather is not cooperating there isn’t much fun in playing outside. So what is a dad and son to do? Arts and Crafts? Color Books? Watch television? No way! How about some indoor bed hockey!

Eli and I love to play this game where we take a squishy foam ball and play hockey in the bed, get on opposite sides of the bed, and put the ball in the middle. On the word go, we dive towards the ball, knocking it around the bed, fighting to see who can get it. Of course I let him win all the time, but he is a good sport about it. He “accidentally” drops the ball a few times to give me a chance and to make it fun. The result. A lot of spent energy, a bunch of laughing and some exercise.

Some other indoor activities we engage in are puzzle building, making towns out of blocks and hide and go seek. Unfortunately, Eli hides in the same spot all of the time and then gets frustrated if I hide well. Although it is a fun time when I hide well and know he is coming so I can jump out and yell BOO!

The most important part of any of these activities and any other you have in your arsenal is that they keep the kids away from the television which nowadays is one of my biggest battles. If all else fails, a good game of Caraboo, Chutes and Ladders, Hi-Ho Cheerio are all great store purchased games.

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