Every night we play as hard as we can with Noah and Avery. After dinner is a pretty great, and wild rumpus time of evening for our family. We wrestle, draw, chase, build things, and tickle a lot. But over the past few weeks, after we put Avery to sleep (a bit earlier than Noah) - Noah has started organizing art contests. He provides Jessica and me our own sheet of paper and some crayons. Each of us has to go to a place where the others are unable to see our work, and we make art. Noah also provides us with a theme, which presently is "Valentines." We then show our work, and we all vote on our favorite. So far, Noah is undefeated. :) It is so rad. I look forward to it every night.
After the art contest, in another effort to stall bedtime, Noah loves to play Uno. It is funny, as the game of Uno has seriously taught him his numbers better than any other method. But, to be fair, that is not why we play the game. We play because it is so much fun, but if Noah is learning stuff - well, that is just gravy.
Anyways, our nighttime routine is getting more fun by the day. And as much as I NEVER want to see my boys grow up, there are some pretty amazing perks to their increasing ability to engage in critical thinking - ie: we get to play more games, and create more art.
What does your nighttime routine look like?
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Prepare to be dominated at UNO tonight, my dear!
Bwah ha ha!