February 2, 2009

New Game

So everyone knows that sooner or later, babies like to be chased around the house. It's thrilling and exciting for them, and almost exercise for the one chasing them. Almost. With Alex, she can actually pick up some serious speed on the straight parts, and we almost have to speed walk to catch up. And the tickling after the catch, well, she likes hard tickles, so it at least gives our tickling fingers a workout.

Anyway, I have taken the chase-and-tickle to a whole new level, and she's a big fan of our improved game. It still consists of her running and giggling, and me "running" after her. Only now, to ramp up the giggle factor by about a million, I put my hand on her head while she's running. That's all. She goes insane with laughter every time, swatting at my hand and cackling. She routinely almost falls over whenever she meets an obstacle like the landing or her baby kitchen, or a ball, or a cat......but somehow soldiers on in the upright position, practically in tears with laughter because I've got one hand on her at all times.

She's so hard to please.

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