Hide and Seek

Allie's new favorite game is hide and seek, and she's finally getting the hang of the "hiding" part. We've been practicing it for a while, and she had the seeking part down pretty good, but when it was her turn to hide, the middle of the room seemed as good a place as any. Or next to something, like a door. Not behind the door...just next to it.

So finally, hide and seek is starting to come into its own! Allie now understands that hiding means putting herself in a place where she can't be seen! This week we played the game perfectly together, with Rowan in tow. I decided to take some photos of her as I "found" her. She always giggled with delight whenever I discovered her hiding spot (which was usually the spot where I had just previously hidden).

Gotcha!

Aha!

Found her again....

This time she wasn't too happy because she noticed
while hiding in the closet that there were
balloons in there.

At this point our game was interrupted by Allie's realization that we could be playing something much more fun, like balloon toss. So our play shifted a bit...

Allie loves balloons even more than hide and seek.

"Mommy, can you blow this up for me?"

Balloon time!