Archie's game

Archie makes up lots of fun games!  I'd almost forgot about this one until he did it again the other day.  When we would pretend to get Archie or tickle him, he came up with his own defense.  He would lick his finger and then get us right back.  It is the most bizarre thing and we have no idea where he came up with it. He first came up with it a few months ago, maybe February, and he hadn't done it in a while until May 1st when out of the blue he started doing it again.  He hasn't done it since then, but we did manage to catch a cute video, in case you are curious as to how the game goes.



Some Archie's other games include:

1)  When we shake our head, then he shakes his head.  Then we would nod really big and then he would start to nod really big too.  This went back and forth over and over and was usually played when he was in his high chair. 

2)  He would point to different people in the room, usually while we were eating and he was in the high chair, and then we would say the person's name.  Now that he has started talking more, we point to people and he tells us the person's name.  Again this would go round and round, over and over again. 

3)  He also loves to laugh and be tickled and is not shy to tell us so.  He'll come up to us and say "Tick me" and use his fingers to show the tickle motion on himself.  It's really cute!

Avie has also made up her fair share of games.  Right now, her favorite games are hide and seek, tag, and monster.  Monster is her own game where Mommy or Daddy or whoever is willing chases her and Archie around pretending to be a monster while she and Archie scream and run away.  And whenever Daddy is the monster, the kids like to hide in Avie's closet, so Daddy must be a scary monster. 

Avie also told me last week that she was playing a game called "Hairy Leg" while she was taking a nap (or quiet time in her room).  I asked her how to play and she said there were sea serpents on the floor in her room and she had to save all her babies and stuffed animals from them.  I have no idea what that has to do with hairy legs, but that is what she told. me.