You
drop the children at Grandma and Grandpa's for
their annual week long visit but then inexplicably
get
selective amnesia
and
forget
that you have children or
parents. You book yourself a trip to a
retreat in India.
--Ali
--Ali
Instead
of making a meal, you tell the kids to go
play
"hunter
and gatherer"
and send them to the neighbour's vegetable garden.
--Ali
--Ali
Announce
that the children must learn
sign language
through immersion, then
forbid
anyone
to speak out loud.
--Ali
--Ali
You
book the
ice cream truck
to come by at suppertime everyday for
two
months.
--Stacey
--Stacey
You
offer prizes
for
best paper mache statue
created using younger siblings.
You send them into the woods with a bag of breadcrumbs to play Hansel & Gretel.
You give them an at-home tattoo project: put an outline on their arms and send them outside without sunblock.
At the lake, you set the dock adrift, announce the new game: "race to the floating dock." Make them jump in the water and swim for it.
--Jude
You encourage your budding Einstein to write a detailed report explaining how velcro actually works.
--Stacey
You send them into the woods with a bag of breadcrumbs to play Hansel & Gretel.
You give them an at-home tattoo project: put an outline on their arms and send them outside without sunblock.
At the lake, you set the dock adrift, announce the new game: "race to the floating dock." Make them jump in the water and swim for it.
--Jude
You encourage your budding Einstein to write a detailed report explaining how velcro actually works.
--Stacey
The
urban version: "Hey, kids, let's go play
"'dumpster
diver'
"
--Stacey
--Stacey
