repeat

w: "mom, let's play hide and seek."

m: "ok, I'll hide first."

w: 1-2-free-4-5-6-8910.

w: "mom, where are you?"

he looks around but not too hard because really

he's scared to find me.

"mom, where are you?"

m: "wiiiiillll."

w: "mom, where are you?"

m: "wiiiiillll."

w: "mom, where are you?"

etc.

then he finds me behind the laundry hamper.

w: "ok, now it's my turn to hide!"

m: "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10. ready or not, here I come!"

I walk around yelling "where is he, Char?"

opening and closing doors.

looking under tables.

etc.

until I "find" him...

behind the laundry hamper.

repeat.

he finds me behind his bedroom door.

I find him behind his bedroom door.

repeat.

he finds me under the crib.

I find him under the crib.

repeat.

he finds me behind the couch.

I find him behind the couch.

repeat.

repeat.

repeat.

This game will be replayed exactly

one million times in the next five years.

I think I am way to lazy to be a parent.