For the past couple of weeks our neighbor boy, who is a 2nd grader, has been coming over when we’ve been outside in the afternoon. At first this was a little annoying as sometimes I felt like I was baby-sitting him while his grandmother stayed inside, but it has turned into a fun activity time for Cutie Pie. They often kick the soccer ball around, play hide and seek (finally someone is getting through to Cutie Pie that you don’t yell “Here I am!” as soon as the person finishes counting!) play in the sandbox and swing.
Now, Cutie Pie loves to swing on his swing set and will sit there for hours if you let him. At first Neighbor Boy told Cutie Pie he was too big for our swing set, but Cutie Pie was pretty convincing in telling him “Mommy is bigger and she swings, so you can too!”, meant in the nicest way, I’m sure! Neighbor Boy was in for a treat because that day Cutie Pie decided to start a new game…he says a word and you have to rhyme as many words with it as you can. Once you say a word that doesn’t rhyme you have to use that word as the one to rhyme with. That’s the nice thing about this game – there’s no loser! Neighbor Boy chimed right in rhyming after I rhymed the first word and the game went on for about 15 minutes!
Neighbor Boy has been coming over quite frequently since this game was introduced. They kick the soccer ball around, play hide and seek, then head back to the swing. As soon as they start to swing Neighbor Boy spews out a word that Cutie Pie has to rhyme with. It’s almost like this little tradition that goes on now. And I have to say I don’t really feel like I’m baby-sitting anymore! Sometimes Sweet Pea even tries to get in on the action repeating words they say and getting all proud that he is one of the ‘big boys’!
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