Creative Games

We hosted a playdate at our house last week for the neighborhood kids. We laughed as the kids invented new games to play together.

At one point, they took out all of the costumes and hats from the dress-up chest and put them on in bizarre combinations. (Scottie, with an empty plastic storage bin on his head told me he was a monster. Duh, Mom!) Then they brought lost of the little play food and small toys to us moms, sitting in the living room. Not sure what that was for, we just laughed and the moms holding their "goodies" just held on to them as we continued our conversation. Next thing we know, a parade of silly kids comes in using empty hats and bags and came "Trick or Treating" for the goodies they had supplied us with. What a cute idea!!

Then came the "Mommy Rope" game. Toward the end of the morning, they found an old section of rope Ron gave the boys when they were being cowboys. The group managed to tie it into a huge circle and all got inside the circle, leaning and walking in opposite directions, forming their own silly game of molecule. The whole time, they're all saying, "Mommy, Moooooommy. Mommy!" The fun was when they all fell down on top of each other. They repeated this at least twenty different times, laughing and giggling more each time!

It's so much fun to see how their little minds work and see them creating such great games all on their own. Who needs fancy electronics and organized activities all the time? These kids know how to invent their own fun!

I'm so glad we got everyone together again. We all (kids and moms) had such a great time! Thanks to everyone who came over to play!!