"It's not work, it's a GAME"

Trying to convince The Boy that not everything we do at the table is work. Sometimes there are things that are called "games", and even though it might look like work, this is gonna be fun!

Okay, he's not buying it. So I altered our game Ned's Head a little bit, tried to make it more entertaining by sticking things in this strange contraption that the little guy might actually be interested in finding just by feel. He didn't have a lot of interest right off the bat in feeling around for the "dirty diaper", the "tongue", or the toy vomit that comes with Ned's Head. Kid is smart. So I stuck some animals, plastic fruit and cars in there, and wrote my own cards for us to use. He is actually starting to look pleased when I haul the box out to play. I think we will work up to the diaper, puke etc. and extra large used q-tip that came with this thing, just so he can play with other gross little boys sometime who like that kind of stuff.

Have you played Ned's Head?

Glad I didn't have to resort to putting his favorite things in there, like cookies, biscuits or mac & cheese, no matter how appealing that may have been for him to find. That would have made a royal mess.