Friday, May 02, 2008

Quaker
Growing up, my dad would play Quaker with us when we went on long car rides. It went something like this:

Dad: Hey let's play Quaker. This is how you play, we all try to see who can go the longest without talking.
Us: Ok, that sounds fun
Dad: Ready, Set, Quaker

Silence............. {followed by us pinching each other trying to get the others to talk =0).}

Today I introduced this game to my girls. It worked like magic. Gwen even played along, and we had a nearly silent ride home from our meal. Afterwards, Liv told me how fun it was to play Quaker, and I agreed =0).

3 comments:

[BrookeO] said...

I had never heard of it called this until I met Drew and he played it with our girls, I thought he made up the name (guess not!)...we always called it "the quiet game."

Angi said...

Gotta LOVE Quaker! My kids actually like it, too. Bless those Quakers for bringing us moms a moments peace! BTW-your girls are so amazingly beautiful! I can't wait to see them.

KariAnn said...

My kids LOVE quaker! Abbie begs to play it.