Dinner games

A couple of nights ago we were eating dinner and suddenly an idea came to me. I don't know why, but it made me laugh in my mind, so I thought we would go with it. It really was one of those you've-got-to-be-there moments, but I want a record of it on the blog, so I'll give it a try.

I told the kids that we were going to play a game with two parts. The first part was that they had to come up with something that happened to them that day, without worrying about how normal or boring it might seem. Then, they had to "sell" it to the rest of us as the most exciting thing that could ever happen to anyone. Everyone would be taking a turn and we would see who had the most "exciting" day.

The second part was pretty much exactly like the first part, except that they had to come up with something pretty normal that happened to them that day and make us believe it was the worst thing that ever occurred.

Oh folks, I was no prepared for what came from those kids of ours. The excitement, the drama, the persuasion, the sadness--there was literally an impromptu (actually, two) song and dance. Even though it was all fabulous, I think I might have laughed the hardest (although there were many moments not far behind) when I turned to look at the next child in line for his sad story and saw him poking his fingers in his glass of water. Since that is not something we encourage at our house, I was a little confused. Until he started putting that water on his face to produce a plethora of tears.

Boy howdy, I love my family. A lot.

And I now also happen to be a huge fan of dinner games.