Duck Duck Goose at our House

Duck, Duck, Goose!!! A simple game, right? At our house with a 2 year old and a 1 year old this game is fun and has a few changes. Here are a few of the things that the girls have done to make this game special at our house.

First, the funnest part is chasing around the circle. Therefore, there should be more of it. That means multiple laps around the circle. You don't stop running around the circle until mom or dad remind you that you are supposed to sit.

Second, The emphasis on running also means that regardless of whether you were it or tagged you can also stand up and join the frenzied chase. The more the merrier.

Third, you can show off your ability to learn new words. Elise learned to say Duck and Goose in order to play this game. She was so proud of herself learning the new words that she would stand behind a single person and continuously pat their heads saying Duck. This would go on until mom and dad reminded her to walk around the circle touching other peoples heads and reminding her that she can say Goose too.

Tea Parties and More

Ever since Anna got invited to a cousin’s house for her first tea party she has been asking to have another one. So I promised her if she would learn to do poo poos in the toilet, 3 times, we would have one. She did it, and we bought a tea set and had a party. Note: a table cloth under the party area is a must with a 1 yr old.

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The girls also love love love to have popcorn parties which we do here and there, especially on stormy days.

I will often find the girls playing with random things in the closet like this,

or Anna squeezing Elise to death like this, or this.

Elise has been spending hours lately trying to figure out how to put on her sandals by herself. They usually end up like this and then she will go walking around the house with them flopping around her ankles.

Every time auntie Shay Shay calls Anna will sit and talk to her for awhile. She thinks she is so grown up talking on a phone.

And of course when things are going smoothly, sickness strikes. This past week Anna came down with roseola and let me tell you it has been a hard week of no sleep, fevers, and crankiness. Oh dear, let this be over and let Elise not get it too.