Round Two

Josh posted on his blog a week ago about our family game of "Hide and go seek in the dark".  We started this game almost 7 years ago to help our two boys who were 4 and a half and 2 and a half get over the fear of the dark.  I think it started because the power had gone out and we couldn't even turn on lights.  We wanted to show them that it was OK and that you could still have fun.

Tonight we played another round of "Hide and go seek in the dark" for our activity in family home evening.  Myra was a sleep when we went to start, but was awake before we actually began.  I quickly fished her out of her bed and took her with me to hide.  She hid with me for two rounds (helping the seeker by making baby noises) all in the dark.  Josh was the seeker for the last round and he took Myra with him...  Allowing me a chance to really hide and not be found as fast.

This last round took for ever to get started (two little girls kept coming out of their hiding spots... still not their most favorite game).  And by the time it was all said and done with everyone found we had been playing "Hide and go seek in the dark" for over an hour.  That is an hour with no lights on...  Myra was ready to be out of the dark.  She was so happy to have lights on, and be put in her bouncer to just play!  She squealed, jumped and played for half an hour.  Enjoying being left to her own self...