Hide and Seek

Ben has played hide and seek with Troy a lot. Ben waits for Troy to hide, counts to ten, and then pretends to not know where he has hidden and looks throughout the whole house before finding him. Troy giggles every time Ben says, "He's not in here!"

Today I was making dinner and Liam went under the dinner table. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "Hiding." Me: "Do you want to play hide and seek?" Liam: "Yes!" So Liam went to hide while I counted to ten. Troy wanted to join in. They both went and hid. Troy hid in a corner and Liam closed his eyes while sitting on the floor. Haha. I did what Ben usually does and they loved it. Then Troy said, "Your turn mom! Hide!" But I was making dinner, so I just went and kept making dinner. I thought Troy would get mad, but he actually did exactly what Ben and I do. He pretended not to see me and opened every door and said, "Are you in here?! No...." I started laughing out loud. Troy took his turn again and hid in the exact same spot. So, I just kept making dinner and he pretended to not see me, and get very proud of himself when he "found" me. 

Then Troy and Liam played with each other, but Liam would actually go looking for Troy through out the house for several minutes, yelling, "Troy! Where are you?" Even though Troy was hiding in the EXACT same spot every time. They crack me up! Liam still just stands there watching you count and then laughs hysterically when you say, "You're right here!"

Another funny at dinner time happened before the hide and seek game. Troy was acting whiny because he had just woken up and it takes him a few minutes to get happy. He refuses to be happy even when Liam and I are coming up with really fun things to do. I was saying no to most of the things he was asking for, "Cookie? Candy?" etc. He then asked if he could have some pepperoni in the fridge. I said yes. He was pretty surprised and said, "Mom I want 4." Me: "Okay, great. Here are four." Troy: "No, I want ten." Me: "Troy, are you just trying to get me to say no?" Troy: "Yea...."