Z is for Zombie
As a refreshing change to our usual evening routine of vegging-out in front of the TV or laptop, we gave into one of Connor's whims to "go camping" in our backyard. Father and son pitched the 5-person tent under the shade of the largest of our piddly backyard trees and Connor took special care to spread out a blanket in the tent and set up some beach chairs inside. By the time darkness fell and the little ones were in bed, we were ready with food tray and flashlights in hand to camp-out with our Camper's smorgasborg of s'mores, chips, fruit chews, cheezits and lemonade.
But the fun really got started when we zipped ourselves in the tent's darkness for ghost storytime. Having no actual ghost stories prepared, we decided to make-up a game based on a favorite morbid children's alphabet book called Z is for Zombie (one of the most highly circulated media center books in Connor's kindergarten class). The rules of the game were simple -- we passed the flashlight from person to person as each recipient named a scary monster starting with the next letter of the alphabet. I must say that Connor and I were the most creative while Bob had to be repeatedly reprimanded to offer another monster because his were so NOT scary! Here are some of the highlights from our creepy monster game...
A is for Alien, who uses mind control to turn you into an alien!
D is for Dung-beetle who rolls pieces of poop into your tent to sink it up!
G is for Giant Godzilla that poops all over the city and stinks it up!
S is for Smelly Slime monster who slides into your socks and stinks up your shoes!
X marks the grave of the X men who poke your eyes out!
Y is for Yogurt Yo-yo which bounces around your stinky lunchbox! (Ok, I got the big thumbs-down on this which was admittedly a stretch.)
But the fun really got started when we zipped ourselves in the tent's darkness for ghost storytime. Having no actual ghost stories prepared, we decided to make-up a game based on a favorite morbid children's alphabet book called Z is for Zombie (one of the most highly circulated media center books in Connor's kindergarten class). The rules of the game were simple -- we passed the flashlight from person to person as each recipient named a scary monster starting with the next letter of the alphabet. I must say that Connor and I were the most creative while Bob had to be repeatedly reprimanded to offer another monster because his were so NOT scary! Here are some of the highlights from our creepy monster game...
A is for Alien, who uses mind control to turn you into an alien!
D is for Dung-beetle who rolls pieces of poop into your tent to sink it up!
G is for Giant Godzilla that poops all over the city and stinks it up!
S is for Smelly Slime monster who slides into your socks and stinks up your shoes!
X marks the grave of the X men who poke your eyes out!
Y is for Yogurt Yo-yo which bounces around your stinky lunchbox! (Ok, I got the big thumbs-down on this which was admittedly a stretch.)
posted by Ting at 2:37 PM
1 Comments:
Okay, I'll comment! :-)
I totally see Tom and Tobey camping in our backyard someday. I won't be -- hate camping. But some of these CA evenings are chilly! Sounds like an awesome time you guys had. Did you really sleep out there?
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