New Ideas for a Good Time

Sit on my face, and tell me that you love me.

My cousin Jessie came over yesterday and we went to see Sherlock Holmes, which if you haven’t seen it — it is pretty awesome. She came over early and visited and watched my children play.

Somehow we got to joking about what it would be like if we played like kids. This line had us rolling:

“What do you do for fun?” asks acquaintance.

I answer, “Spin around in my living room to music until I get dizzy and fall over.”

“Are you drunk?” asks concerned acquaintance.

“Who needs alcohol for that kind of fun?”

It is amazing the things children find to be fun that a grown adult would never think of. I’m tempted to try these to see what all the fuss is about:

Take a bin full of toys and dump them on the floor. Then, use a sweeping motion to spread them all out covering the entire surface. Walk away.

Pull all my books off the shelf into a giant pile. Walk away.

Write on the coffee table with a bottle of milk to see what cool shapes I can make.

Chase my sibling around the coffee table with a toy train…or the dog.

Pull all the pillows off the couch and jump on them.

Throw things and scream with glee.

Stick things in my ears and pretend that I am doctor doing an exam… on myself.

Throw food at the dog to see how much she can catch.

Eat play dough, crayons, or any small toy.

Draw with a magna doodle.

Play with magnets on the fridge by sticking and resticking them a million time.

Go in the closet and slam the door as hard as I can over and over and over. Say peek-a-boo periodically.

Play in the dog’s water dish.

Put clothes on my head and run around screaming.

Dump all the toys out of my plastic toy bin and sit in it to watch television.

If you have any to add, I’d love to hear them!