Possum

Do you ever play “possum” with your kids?  You know…where you pretend you’re asleep or “dead” to see what they do.  Then when they come close to investigate….you reach out and “attack”!!  It is a favorite “game” that my husband likes to play with the kids.  Although sometimes I’m not sure he starts out with the intention of it being a “game”, since he says “I’m tired, I’m taking a nap”…then he lays down on the couch or on the floor.  The problem is the kids seem to have this “inner sense” where they know their daddy is “vulnerable”.  It seems like within only a couple minutes of him laying down, either one of our kids “attacks” daddy.

If my husband is on the couch, the first to “attack” is usually Luke.  He’ll go over to the couch pull up and then start smacking daddy with his hands and saying “aahhh…ahhhh”.  Like he is telling daddy he can’t go to sleep, it’s play time!  If my husband is on the floor, our baby girl will go over and start trying to crawl on top of him, while Luke crawls over and starts smacking his daddy as well.

Either way, this usually results in daddy grabbing the “attacker” and pulling them close while tickling them.  It can be a fun family time.

The other day my husband decided to play “possum”.  He sprawled himself out on the floor with his arms out and his tongue hanging out.  Of course both kids went to investigate.  The part that made it so funny on this particular day was that instead of “attacking” daddy like Luke usually does, he decided to use daddy’s arm as a pillow and then spread himself out, like he was trying to play “possum” as well!! 

This was so great to see!  Luke’s Speech Therapists have always said that imitation is the first step to speech, and Luke rarely imitates anything, so to see this wasn’t only funny…but another small miracle.