Hide and Seek

One of my kids favorite games to play is hide and seek. Most of the time I only get about 8 seconds to hide. Our house doesn’t have a lot of closets and I have found that I don’t quite fit in the same spaces I used to fit when I was 10. I guess I have gained some weight since then too?

Some of the best places I have found to hide are:

The rim of the bathtub, behind the shower curtain. The kids can’t see your feet and forget to look at the ceiling to look for your head.

Under a bed. It’s funny to see their feet scamper about trying to find you and you can see them.

On top of a shelf. Hard to get there quietly, but worth it to see them only look at eye level. I have never actually done it.

In the dryer. Funny because its next to impossible for the kids to find you in here, although not so funny when wife accidentally starts it when you fall asleep.

In the corner with a lampshade on your head. Works better in cartoons and movies, I guess I’m too fat to be doing that impersonation anymore.

In the closet behind clothes. Another good spot, but hard for long periods of time. I woke up with a sore neck after a 1.5 hour long ordeal.

Still one of the best games to play with your kids when they are young. Other good games include: tag (because you’re still fast no matter how old you are if the kids are under the age of 5), basketball (most of the time you’ll be taller unless your kid is a maple tree), and go fish (kids don’t know how to hide their cards and it’s easy to sneak a peek at them).