Take the above game, for example, where you feed your toddler a whole apple on a wooden serving spoon. Goofy fun for the whole family. Even Alden got that it was 'wacky'. A similar game is stuffing all his (soft) toys down the front of his shirt, pulling them out from the bottom and then stuffing them from the top again.
The old standard Guess-which-hand-holds-the-bunny/duck/pig-finger-puppet game is also very popular and is often enough of a distraction to help Alden get through a toothbrushing or diaper changing when he is cranky.
One game we picked up from daycare is called "Hocus Pocus". You line up 3 or 4 objects on the floor and place a cloth napkin over them. Then you wave your hand over the napkin and chant "Hocus, Pocus Jimminy Crocus, which one is missing?". Then you remove the napkin along with an object concealed underneath it. It's a great memory game and very addicting for toddlers. Pictured here are some of the usual players: giraffe, monkey, lion and Tape (we call him Mr. Tape). Alden came up with the name.Music is also big these days. El Yoyo and Que No, Que No by Tito Puente are much loved as are Hey Ladies and Egg Man from the Beastie Boys. He is also fond of Jonathan Richman's I'm a Little Dinosaur and Government Center.... Of course Frere Jacques, the alphabet song and other more child appropriate melodies are well loved. He loves playing the piano with me and listening to Kerstin murder chords on the electric guitar. The video above shows how Alden likes to get ready for a stroller ride. Kerstin has irrevocably replaced the word 'Slow' with 'Stroller' in our household and this is song is our anthem before every AM stroller ride.
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