This is me, on vacation, torturing the 8 year old who has a
banana phobia. If I'd only known a fun & easy family game to play instead...
Sometimes parenting advice makes
me cranky.
Like the recent newspaper piece that said it’s easy to fight
childhood obesity: just exercise with your kid 2 hours a day.
What exactly is easy about that?!
Who has
an extra 2 hours a day?! Parents or
kids?
If we tried to meet this quota,
my crew would have to give up home cooked meals in favor of the fastest of fast
food – a switch that would actually promote
obesity.
No, that “exercise 2 hours a day”
is advice that is bad. But here is some that is good. It’s an easy, fun, free, family game! Perfect for road
trips, airports and long restaurant waits.
The game is called “I’m Thinking
Of A Time When…”
You pick a memorable event from
your family’s past and your crew asks “yes” or “no” questions to figure out the
event. It looks like this:
Guru Girl: I’m thinking of a time
when…
11 year old: Did it happen in
Colorado?
GG: No.
8 year old: Did it happen in
Costa Rica?
GG: Yes!
Guru Guy: Was it on the beach?
GG: No.
11 year old: Was it at a
restaurant?
GG: Yes!
8 year old: Was it when Daddy did
the crazy dance to the bananas song?
GG: Yes!
Each round takes surprisingly
little time to solve, and kids LOVE it!
You celebrate family highlights and low
lights and everything in between.
It reinforces the idea we’re in
this together, for better, for worse, crazy banana song dances (and photos) included.
Here’s to making some
embarrassing vacation memories, guru girls & guys!
I'm thinking of a time when......
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