More Magical Moment Ideas To Have With The Kids

Robbie & Molly have just seen the tickle monster!

Ok, at last, a little break from telling you all about what’s going on and time for more Magical Moment ideas this week.

When I was writing this week’s blog another thought occurred to me.  Kids need to be taught how to play, be creative, have fun and they learn by example. So what I have concluded is that we as parents have to be as silly, funny and creative as possible and basically make a fool of ourselves to teach them how to have fun with lots of great games right from the start. This has been my parenting style and I have to say I am happy with the results so far with the younger two, Molly & Robbie, who are at this moment, preparing to perform a magic show as I type this blog from my kitchen table.

So here are a couple of tried and tested suggestions to get going with from a young age. As always if you have any suggestions please let me know so I can share them. So here we go…

What’s in your Tummy?                                                                                                                    
This is one that Jackie’s mum used to play with her as a kid and she loved it so much she couldn’t wait to try it out on the kids.  So next time you're all snuggled up with the kids on the couch, bed or anywhere put your hand on their tummy and knowing what you gave them to eat during the day simply tell them what you can feel in their tummy. “Is that an apple in your tummy?” “Did you eat a banana today?” or “I think I feel some toast in your tummy, yum yum!”. Keep going through all the things you gave them to eat during the day and the kids will be amazed at your hidden powers to see inside their tummy.

Tickle monster

The kids go mad for this one and it gets lots of giggles. I can only imagine that every mum or dad does this with the kids but just in case here it is. Put both your hands in front of you and shape them like a claw and tell them the tickle monster is hungry for some tickles. The rest is easy, just get tickling on the tummy ribs under the arms, neck, knees, elbows and anywhere else you can find a tickle. The kids love it.

Staring competition

I love doing this with Molly & Robbie and highly recommend giving it a go. I’m sure you know the drill. Stare into each other eyes and the first one to blink, giggle or twitch loses. I always have fun with this one but the best part is that I always get a magical moment that can’t be explained, when for just a couple of seconds our eyes simply say "I love you so much" to each other, it’s amazing.

Guess what I’m drawing on your tummy.

Again another way to have simple relaxed fun with the kids and as the name suggests simply draw a picture, letter or shape on their tummy and ask them to guess what it is. Of course all the answers will always be right it’s not mastermind so you will be able to give lots of those all-important hugs of praise for all the correct answers.

Sock puppet show

We're all into puppets in our house and have puppet pigs, sheep, birds and vampires which are brilliant fun and I highly recommend having some in your house for some creative fun. But when the moment catches you either after dinner at the kitchen table, on the couch or in bed with the kids, grab a sock put it over your hand and slowly creep it up in front of the kids face when they are least expecting it and simply make it say “Hello!”. The reaction is great maybe you should have a camera ready for this one.

Here's a clip of Robbie & Molly performing a puppet show for me:

That’s it for this week more magical moments on the way but something new coming next week I can't wait to tell you about!

Bye for now.

Benji

A Magical Moment with Robbie

Hi there,

While I was away on a short break with the family I was lucky enough to experience a number of magical moments with the kids and thought I would share one with you in the hope you catch a magical moment for yourselves.

So Robbie, age 5, and I are lying on sunbeds looking at the stars and a lovely conversation ensues about the moon, how we could get there and who lives on the moon. We then spot a satellite racing across the night sky and then a shooting star, Robbie’s first time to see a real shooting star. 

The excitement is infectious and we both make a wish. Robbie tells me he can’t tell me his wish because it is bad luck so I tell him that he is always allowed to tell someone in his family his wish but no one else, so he tells me his wish which is lovely and selfless but I’m afraid has to remain between the two of us.

Next we turn our attention to the stars and I tell him that they are the same size as our sun but look small because they are so far away and I do my best to explain that the light from the stars is over 2000 years old because that is how long it takes the light from a star to get here.

Finally we go beyond the stars and we talk a little bit about the Milky Way, galaxies and where heaven fits into all this, remember Robbie is 5 so you can imagine the questions.

Then comes our very special moment, Robbie says, “Dad how come you love me so much?" “Well Robbie,” I reply, “That’s easy, when you were in heaven before you were born God asked you who you wanted to have as your Mummy and Daddy, and do you know what Robbie?”, "What Daddy?” “out of all the Mums and Dads in all the world you picked me and mummy and that is why we love you so much.” “Oh” Robbie replies, “now I know why I love you so much as well, because I picked you, that’s good.” he says.

What a never to be forgotten magical moment that was, and a fitting way to begin what I hope will be a very enjoyable blog for everyone. I do hope that you manage to get a chance to see the stars this summer and that you catch a magical moment to share with your amazing inquisitive smallies.

If you've had any magical moments of your own that you'd like to share just post them below, or on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/AdamsCloud, or you can email them to me directly at benjisblog@adamscloud.com.  Thanks!

Till next week

Love hugs and kisses to all.