Play-Doh!
Hi there everyone!
Well, it feels like it has rained a LOT this month! My grandpa Cappy says he is sorry that I haven’t had a chance to experience a true spring yet! Luckily, I have found a new passion that has kept me happily occupied for many an hour these past few weeks - the magical wonder that is Play-Doh!
Play-Doh is just great. It smells good, you can squish it, it comes in way cool colors (right now I’m in my ‘blue phase’), and you can usually sucker mom or dad into playing with you, at least at the beginning. There is, of course, a proper way to play with Play-Doh, which goes as follows:
1. Go up to Mommy or Daddy, smile big at them, and say “Paaaaay-Doh?” Wait for them to give the affirmative nod that they are willing to play at that time. (Note: If you try this in the morning, Mommy will usually ask you to wait until after breakfast. If you are not hungry, she will still make you wait until she is done with HER breakfast. Go along with this - the wait, while interminable, is worth it).
2. Grab your tub of Play-Doh, your bucket of cookie cutters, and the rolling pin. Go sit down at your Decker-sized table expectantly.
3. Mommy (or Daddy) will roll out the Play-Doh. Pick a cookie cutter, and cut out a shape. (Note: ALWAYS start with the snowman cookie cutter). Place shape on table, squish Play-Doh together, and wait for Mommy/Daddy to roll it out again. Repeat.
4. After all the shapes have been cut out and there is no Play-Doh left to roll, then spend the next 20 minutes rearranging the shapes in different ways on the table. Each time you rearrange them, take the time then to name them one by one. At this point, Mommy/Daddy will have probably moved on to do something boring like empty the dishwasher or go take a shower. That’s ok - you don’t really need them at this point.
5.When done, say ‘bye bye’ to each shape and then squish them and put them back in the tub. Then say ‘bye bye’ to each cookie cutter and put them back in the bucket. Tell Mommy/Daddy ‘put away’, and then walk each item over the kitchen and do so. Wait for hugs and praise for being so tidy and sweet.
And that’s it! Pretty awesome, huh?