I am the writer/owner of ‘MA! motherhood with attitude.’ The artist/owner of our company, Tiffany, will add her two cents on this blog now and then, as well. Tiffany and I often talk about the struggle to earn a buck through our freelancing as we also try to make the ‘MA! dream’ come true. Our mission is to expose ‘perfect parenting propaganda’ for what it is: hogwash! We adore imperfect parents (and embrace the fact that we are among them.)The Screaming Game
On December 18, I was telling all my friends how excited I was that, as of noon on the 19th, my girls would be out of school for two whole weeks! Visions of crafts and Christmas danced through my head. We’d lay in bed together and read, make cookies, hug a lot, and even dance to “Get Jiggy With It” about once a day. (Hey, we all have our traditions.)
And we HAVE done all of those things! It’s been beautiful!
But I’d forgotten (or repressed) the fact that there are the “in-between” times when I need to fold laundry, clean, make dinner and wrap presents. During those times, the girls are on their own to entertain each other. Thus, yesterday, they came up with a new game while I was… well, ok, I was checking my Facebook wall. So?
And what was this game they made up? It simply involves chasing one another around the house and, upon ‘tagging’ the other person, you scream at them. Scream at the top of your chipmunk voice. Scream until you have no more breath. And then both start running again, only it’s the other chipmunk’s turn to tag and scream.
The Screaming Game.
And it’s only December 24th. We have until January 5. What’s next?
LOL! My girls play “Hugs”, a similar game which also includes tackling each other in earth-shaking impacts to go along with the screams. Love it!
Comment by Megan — December 24, 2008 @ 2:00 pmI also have two blessed weeks off with my sprites! I’m always amazed at the creative and multudinous ways they come up with to annoy me…
Comment by Dani — December 27, 2008 @ 8:07 pm