It was two hours before our babysitting night. The mere thought of having 10 kids running mad in our house (on December 18th) for 3 1/2 hours made me want to sit on the couch and hide under a blanket until it was over. Some of you may think that I am the fun one in our relationship. You would be wrong for sure. I am the boring one who tries to make all child-care responsibilities as simple and painless as possible. Ben, on the other hand, has these whimsical memories of growing up in a FUN house, and he wants to make our home a fun place to be. Thank goodness for Ben! He concocted this idea called "Santa Training Camp," or the "Santa-lympics."
The kids made these necklaces and earned stickers by doing their Santa training exercises . . .
like speed cookie-eating,
"Ho Ho Ho" practice,
"Ho Ho Ho" practice,
Santa calisthenics, singing practice,
elf toy-testing,
and chimney-squeezing practice!
Yes, I helped him pull it off, but Ben was definitely the genius behind this plan. The kids had a great time, and best of all, they're all pretty much trained in case they should unexpectedly be asked to join Santa on his ride next year.
12 comments:
Oh my goodness Jenn, I love this cute idea and from the looks of it, your evening seemed to go smoothly!
So many times I read your posts and all I can think of is "Wow." This is one of those times. AND I definitely don't believe you make your child-care activities as simple as possible. Not for a second.
What an awesome idea! I'll have to remember this one for when our little guy is a bit older!
Genius!
hands down, you two are the most creative people I know! I wish my brain worked like that,I would never think of that. Im calling you when I have to plan a party.
So brilliant! I love this idea. I am so glad you two have been keeping a blog. You can bet that over the next few years, somewhere in Texas, your child-rearing ideas are getting recycled (recycled? plagarized?)
Seriously, move closer please. Megan needs you in her life! (and I do too!)
Pure genius! Does Ben offer consulting to other babysitting co-ops?
AMAZING!
I love this! Reminds me a lot of Penrose 80 :)
I hope the memories Ben has of him youth and home are of a "fun" house, but sometimes I wonder when I think back and see how much fun your family has. I just know that we enjoyed every stage and every age and it all went way too quickly. What a fun baby-sitting co-op. Lucky kids!
You guys are waaaaaaay too creative for me. Nice job!
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