Brain Storm

The other day I was feeling restless and stir crazy and unmotivated. Generally what happens in this situation is I surf the internet and the boys play crazily while Hannah hangs on my leg.

But last week I decided to choose a different course of action and plopped down on the lawn in the backyard announcing, "we're going to brain storm".

The boys immediately sat down around me and Hannah seeing that something was happening came over to join our circle. To get everyone going I started with "Animals that are Brown." A fairly easy brainstorm.

James then said "I want to choose the next Rain Storm." (I then explained that it was actually Brain.)

This continued for several rounds with different categories such as Animals that are Yellow, How to Make a Tree Grow, How to Help the Earth, etc. My personal favorite was Matthias' "Animals that are Red, Including Fire." To which I shouted "Fox!" and Matthias shouted "Fire!"

Hannah sat proudly in our circle scooting closer and closer to Matthias. And, because she could hear a dog barking, exclaiming "Dog! Dog!" while also signing for emphasis. Everyone else was shouting out words and she was more than happy to join in.

We enjoyed a fun 30 minutes together and we didn't even have to do anything but sit in a circle and shout out random words. We've played Brain Storm a couple time since then. Very fun. And educational. =]