The humble sofa (1)

My children's favourite game is called "throw me on the sofa".

The name kind of says it all.  I win if I can get all of my children on the sofa at the same time.  They win if they can keep me from doing it until an agreed time (or more likely until I'm too tired to carry on).

This was a lot easier when they were younger - but now requires me to pick up the youngest put him into the eldest daughter's arms and push them both onto the sofa then grab the next one and put them next door but I never seem to able to grab the fourth before one of them has escaped.

Great fun for all the family!

The sofa burger

This is a classic game that the kids love. 

The idea is to use the cushions and the children themselves to make a human burger. 

So I put down the first cushion and say something like "now I need some Hannah to go in it".  I then pick up Hannah and put her on the cushion.  Then we need some kind of sauce - so a blanket or scarf or small pillow.  Then the second sofa cushion to make the other slice of bread. 

Once we have the burger it's time to eat it.  So we always make a big thing of it and of course they escape by slipping out of the burger as I eat it.  With me exclaiming "where's my filling gone?"  and then starting all over again...