The games we play...and the stories we read...

I've noticed that when Zoey is feeling under the weather, it means three things:

1. Less sleep than average (and oh how I wish for one of those small children who, when sick, want nothing more than to cuddle on the couch all day and rest)

2. The reading of one or two stories over and over and over

3. The "playing" of every small-person board game we own over and over and over

Last November, when Zoey was hideously sick with what turned out to be a kidney infection, I can remember sitting on the couch waiting for the Tylenol to kick in, reading Curious George Visits the Zoo repetitively, for days. This week, we've been all about Dora's Spooky Halloween, The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat, Happy Halloween Little Critter! (are you seeing a pattern here?) and--my new favorite children's book--Llama Llama Mad at Mama. (Or, the "wama wama book". Depending on who you ask.)

As for games, we're very in to Memory (played with all cards facing up), Hungry Hungry Hippo (having no clue what the actual rules are, we just like the noise it creates when all those hippo mouths come crashing down) and Chutes and Ladders (again, no regard for the rules, just sliding the Sesame Street figurines up the ladders and down the slides).

I think I need to get out of the house tomorrow...