Escape Game (don't call CPS)

Played a new game with the kids today, I came up with it out of necessity. Mommy needed it.

My youngest named it “escape”

Now before you call CPS thinking I locked the kids in a room or a closet or ya know a little cupboard under the stairs...or outside ...

No...

I needed to go to Walmart on the way home from picking up the little darlings from school.  Now as any mother knows I was met with great consternation from the little darlings. So, I used my think smarter brain and said “ guys, I don’t wanna go either (and heck no I ’m not going all the way home to drop you off first then going back, I question how spoiled they are at that request) so we are gonna play a game! Can we get out of Walmart in let’s say 20 minutes?

The youngest actually named the game Escape Walmart (I think he will be a fine human being). There were many questions “but wait what if the line is too long?” Asked the youngest, “that’s the luck part” says the oldest. I’m raising fully aware adults here! Yes! We walk in, the clock starts on the first (not the second door). The kids run (together, once again don’t call CPS) for the bunny food, all 20 pounds of it. I rush for the food items. Both children come running towards me as I place the bottle of wine in the cart (so joking! It’s the last item for dinner of course) they cannot carry the bunny food alone, its pretty comical and I'm gonna say a sibling team building exercise. We rush to a check out stand (no self-checkout cause of the wine- I mean tortillas) and.... a lovely Walmart Employee approaches, “ I can check you our she says “ ....” oh we have alcohol (in the shape of a tortilla) I say... no problem she says And uses her handheld wand of all things good and lovely and checks us out! Even printing the receipt from her hip like a Walmart old west superstar! I thank her profusely as we are in a race (to-escape Walmart) and we run to those last doors making sure to not run over or hinder any other living creatures right to do the same and .... you cannot wait for our time?....take a guess....??

11 min 23 sec! I warned the children we may never be able to beat that!

And I guarantee when I need dinner and have two unwilling participants in grocery shopping we will try!

-Lo

long car rides with kids

 When we are on a long car ride it is very regular for us to play 20 questions.  I guess it is more common when my sister is in the car with my kids and I....as you need another adult to help pay attention while I am driving.  Now we don't play this game typically I suppose, we don't count questions we just keep going and the one who guesses doesn't go next we go in clockwise order (I mentioned we are in a car and I'd rather not have any extra arguments.)  Also, we have some other adoptions that just make it more fun and make us laugh.  Somehow "mythological animals" became an option.  So ...animal, vegetable, or mineral? animal? mythical or real?  My eight year old has stumped us with a jack-a-lope.   The funniest conversations have ensured! What a great way to use Greek mythology and antiquated knowledge for instance, "Is it bigger than a breadbox?" my children, of course, have no clue what a breadbox is, so it's fun to try and explain what one is and why people had one and just how big one may be.    My children can now answer "is the mythological creature humanoid?" Thanks to my sister.   This is a game that has created many laughs and lots of thinking and I'm sure will be one of the things they remember from childhood which warms my heart (and lessens car arguments and the number of "how long till we are there's?" and them wanting a screen of some sort, WIN!) what game do you play as a family and what adaptations have you made organically while playing?
-Lo

I love this so much and can totally see you and your sister doing this to them. We do twenty questions a lot also just to learn more about our teens. When hubby and I got together we played this a lot. Great way of finding out about each other. And laughing....a lot! Love , Ro