Every night before bed, each kid has to give me a report. It's a fantastic tradition and part of a wonderful put down. Lincoln tells me the "Breakfast Report" when I ask "Tell me the breakfast report, I want to…

The kids love this game! They run from the porch to the swingset and I try to throw the (very soft) frisbee to get them.  I actually use 2 frisbees, because I have two kids.   If the frisbee tags them, they are frozen and have …

I sat in a chair, with my children standing in front of me, and said: "Welcome to the Hug Store.  How can I help you"? They giggled for minutes and lined up to place their order at the Hug Store. We joke about what…

In this game, I'm actually Maleficient and I sit on the couch with the coffee table in front of me. The kids have to throw the balls (we use the red ones from this): Into the basket: From behind the edge of the ru…

When I'm holding Lulu's or Lincoln's hands, I give them a double squeeze and I say "Double squeeze because I love you".  Fun fact: They now do that to me too :)

The grown up sticks out their hand at about the height that the child can reach without jumping.  Grown up then encourages the child to jump to give a high five. After each successful high five, you move the hand slightly high…

This is a great game where you lob nerf things at each other. Soft, nerflike bombs can be thrown and deflected with paddles And there’s these fun rockets And you can complement it with soft swords!

The kids like it when I do a morning or bedtime “check”. A child will be sitting in a chair, and I’ll say “toe check” and I’ll proceed to (in my best robot voice), count the number of toes.  Then I’ll announce “leg check”, and…

Android buddies, please enjoy my no ads, free solitaire game, Kill The Kings. It’s quick to play with a bit more strategy - all the rules are above.  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.standardgames.killthe…

With a child sitting on the floor or chair, I pick up one foot and hold by the ankle in my hand.  I take one finger, run it down the center of the bottom of the foot (from toe to heel) and say “Peanut Butter”. Then I repeat on…

Being able to walk in a circle is a big hit with kids. We have an island in the middle of our kitchen so we have them march around it while we get the vitamins and hand them out as they walk. Gummy vitamins are fun and the vit…

You (the parent) sit on the floor with your legs in front of you.  You say “Runnie Hug”.  If needed, add a “c’mon”.   Your child runs towards you for a hug, knocking you down.  You hold your child and giggle and laugh about th…

You can play it with a stuffed animal or your child.  You rubs your noses back and forth across each other and say “Nosey, nosey, nosey”

When driving in a car, you say for example: “Giggle Check Lulu” and then lulu will laugh. You go around saying everyone’s name including stuffies giving them each time to laughing. You are not allowed to giggle check yours…

This is a fantastic game, and can be played without much space (a rug in a living room will do). And it’s not really a race - kids take turns picking who shouts something out and teaching the movement, and that kid leads the w…

Setup: Both kids are lying on their back, preferably on a bed. I’m kneeling between them, facing the bed.  I’m the Dragon. Gameplay: I take a big breath in, puff out my cheeks.  Then exhale and deflate my cheeks.  I do this a …

Works great on a couch or bed, to save a daddy’s back. I put my hands under Lincoln’s or Lulu’s shoulders and say “I Kiss Heads” as I life them up in the air (bouncing on a couch or bed), 3 times (on each word).  Each lift get…

I would play this game every morning with my little ones around the time they had turned 2 and 4.   I would kneel down on the floor, in a position where I can stand up. They would each climb up one leg, and I’d onto them, ro…

This is another of my favorite games with the kids. The setup is both kids are on their backs on the bed, positioned such that their legs won’t kick each other. I throw pillows, one after another (for 30+ seconds), onto each…

This is one of my favorite games to play with my kids. I hold an object in my hand, usually a ball from our ball crawl I hold out my arms like a zombie, and I say “Yaaaaniiiiii” over and over while slowly chasing after them…