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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Mile High Twister

Set Up:
Consume copious amounts of gingersnaps the night before to avoid motion sickness.
Board plane and stow 2 backpacks, diaper bag, and purse.
Seat four people in a row of three seats.
Seat husband on left, child on right, and baby on lap.
Passenger in front of you will now recline his chair.
How to Play:
While nursing baby, child will want a blanket tent.
Construct said tent with right hand while holding nursing cover with teeth as you continue to nurse.
Drinks are served. Pass over sleeping baby's head to child in her blanket tent.
Husband constructs chicken salad crackers and feeds to mother holding sleeping child.
Child discovers dad has chips.
Pass chips to child without waking baby.
Blanket tent collapses.
Reconstruct blanket tent.
Pass more chips to child.
Package of pretzels falls to the floor. Grasp with toes and pass to hands to pass to child. (left or right foot permissible).
Chips fall on floor - do not retrieve these are lost.
Child cries and kicks chair in front of her
Reclining passenger glares.
Mother holds crayons in right hand, sleeping baby on lap restraining him with left arm while child colors.
Father goes under the seat tray of snacks and drinks to locate wipes.
Mother holds wipe in right hand (still holding sleeping baby) while child spits out unwanted jelly bean flavor into mother's hand. Repeat three times.
Mother reaches right hand over her head while father collects sticky belly beans and cleans spit off of mother's hand.
Mother starts a show for child.
Child presses buttons.
Mother restarts the show.
Dad feeds mom a cracker.
Child wants a different show.
Hold video case with teeth, unzip case with right hand, select and commence new show.
Child, referring to her drink, notifies dad that "this is soda!"
Stewardess collects unwanted items (aka trash).
This completes your game!
Violations:
crying - loss of points
spilled food - loss of points
spilled drink - loss of points
collapsed tent - loss of patience
pushing buttons; literal or figurative - loss of points
baby wakes early - loss of sanity
motion sickness - loss of lunch (if you had any)
sinus pressure - head explodes

2 comments:

The Pierce Family said...

So clever. I laughed way too hard as I read this!

amelia said...

I don't know that I can remember all the rules:)