Playing Games

Alayna's new favorite thing to do is to play games. Her favorite is Candy Land.

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I can't even tell you how many games of Candy Land have been played in this house in the past few weeks.

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Thankfully Candy Land is not the only game she wants to play. We have also been playing some Green Eggs and Ham. In this game one player is the Chef,

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and tells the other players what person wants which food. As you can see it requires a lot of concentration.

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The best part is that since she has an older brother, he will often play with her so it is not just me playing endless rounds of games. Thankfully they usually play very nicely together.

This weekend Ryan had to work and it was VERY hot outside so the kids and I pretty much spent 2 days at home. To keep them busy and out of trouble I invented a little Treasure Hunt for them. I wrote down a list of 10 things for them to find. The rules were that the item had to be small enough to fit in there back pack and they couldn't move on to the next item until both have them completed the current one.

Calvin would read the item they were looking for. (eg something pink)

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Then they would both find an item to put in there bag.

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Here they were finding "a ball".

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They did it two times through before they lost interest. They worked together and had fun, what more can a Mom ask for?