A 20 Year Old German Shepherd
My 5 year old likes to play this game. It's an imagination type of game and I really suck at those types of games.
Our attempts at Barbie have gone quite horribly.
Her: You be Mermaid Barbie.
Me: Okay.
pause...
Her: Make her talk Mom!
Me: Okay. 'Hello, how are you?'
Her: 'I'm fine.'
Me: ....
Her: Mom, you have to say more!!
Me: I'm totally out of ideas here.
In this newest game, the 5 year old is a dog...however there's a very long set up and it's all said in a very rushed and excited tone as though each of these details is of extreme importance to the success of this game.
Her: Okay, pretend I'm a dog. A german shepherd. Okay?...and my name is Lisa. And I'm 20. And I wear a red collar. Okay and it has a heart on it. Okay?
Victim of Game, Pants or myself: Uhm...okay.
What happens next is the part that makes it my 'Favorite' game. The victim of this game is either forced to be the 'Mean Owner' and yell at 'Lisa, the 20 year old german shepherd with a red collar with a heart on it' for a variety of bizarre offenses I can't imagine I'd ever yell at a dog for. OR the victim is forced to be barked and whined at for the next 20 minutes, ensuring my children will never, ever have a dog while living in my home.
Tell me Melissa...does the victim have to get on all fours as well?lmao....ohhh the visual!
Posted by: Emily | 2004.02.05 at 06:13 PM
Her favorite game to play with me is that she's still the dog, and I am both her owner and her vet, and I have to carry her around & give her surgery and aftercare. Your daughter is a bit of a nazi about the aftercare part. You really should limit her viewing hours of the show, Emergency Vet, because my back can't handle much more carrying her to the water dish, and my sanity can't handle much more changing of bandages. But the worst is when she decides your son (also a dog, of course) has decided to run away right in the middle of surgery, and I must simultaniously stitch up the incision and be the dog-catcher & find him. OY VEY! Meshugena!
Miao.
Posted by: Lil'Sis | 2004.02.05 at 06:53 PM
maybe playing 'bad dog' has something to do with Gunner snapping at her a few weeks ago??? Just a thought.
Posted by: jenn | 2004.02.06 at 10:07 AM
WWFT?
(What would Freud think?)
Posted by: beerzie boy | 2004.02.06 at 05:39 PM
We NEED to get our girls together...maybe THEY would know what to say to each other during their "games" so it would be more fun than playing with us!?
Posted by: Melinda | 2004.02.07 at 12:43 AM
When my daughter was five she went through a phase where she was "Spot the dog." This act was complete with barking and tail wagging. The highlight of the Spot the Dog years was when one of our friends came over and she chewed on his shoe laces. I should have taken a picture for her 16th birthday party.
Posted by: Deborah | 2004.02.09 at 01:07 PM