I found consistency works with DD3. And it helps when she wants to play a game. We wanted to do a specific game night. But now find it works better when she wants to play a game and which game.
And Chutes and Ladders doesn't work, her rules only. But Candyland works, Bingo (we have spelling bee bingo and Diego bingo), dominoes worked once by the rules, now the way she wants to play it.
And puzzles when she wants to do them, then it is 5 of them. Although we got the 48 pieces floor puzzles, she likes a smaller puzzle and to do a few of them.
We also got the Marble Run (220 pieces) which works as a family thing. It is hard enough for DH and I to set it up.
We do many family concerts and shows, child oriented ballet companies. But we really wanted to do family night.
It would be nice to have date night. We tried, but that just seemed like so much work the next day because I still had to get up early and do the routine.
Ren
