Fab activity to remain sitting on the sofa while your children get wildly excited and make you feel like a superb parent

[FrannyandZooey]

We have tied a basket on a piece of rope and ds has hung it out of the bedroom window. I am down below (on sofa) and have a stash of things next to me which I am putting into the basket (out of the window) when he lowers it down. He then pulls it up and shrieks with delight.

So far I have put snacks, a letter with his name on and a drawing of us inside, a recorder, some stickers and a notebook, some playmobil people, etc etc etc

the apple came a cropper, but otherwise all is well and he is SO EXCITED and keeps shouting "Thank you mummy oh thank you!"

having skimmed this thread, can I point out that pissing on fires could be extremely dangerous and pissing on cornflakes or chips would be a health hazard.

Sounds like a great game. Sort of goes without saying that you only do it if it's safe. If you're that worried you could always sit upstairs and send them treats down, no?

I have large sashes and I wouldn't trust my DD to stay put. I used to see mini action men with parachutes floating down sometimes.

rofl @ ems mum not to mention disgusting!

Priceless that this has turned into 'Health and Saftey Daily Bulletin'. Bet you wish you'd never started.

H&S has a large part to play in the ruination of the modern world I think.

My dd used to like plastic bowls and wooden spoons with dried pasta. Its amazing what she could "cook"!
NB: wooden spoons could cause splinters
: plastc spoons could cause injury if used to whack people

For those of you in flats, you can do it horizontally along a straight hall on a kind of pulley system, or from sofa to sofa.

NOt the sofa I know, but I find that mine are all so keen to snuggle up in my bed that I can achieve quality time sitting in bed with a child all cuddled up, me reading my book and them reading theirs

ps I do also read their books to them, but I find this works as a treat for me and them whatever time of day

Oooh, yes, we used to Dangle Action man out of the window, or make a sort of zip line from bedroom window to the washing line (for Action man - not us. Obviously. I hope). But it all went wrong when we graduated to hanging action man from washing line amidst bits of 'blown up' airfix plane, and shooting at him with brother's air rifle. And my brother slightly shot the KleneEze door-to-door salesman.

My mother hadn't realised that we were using firearms - and she didn't even have Mn to distract her

Does urine ignite? Surely a man pissing on a fire (if he can get a decent distance shot) wouldn't be too dangerous...

or train track

rofl at 'slightly shot the salesman'

We sometimes just play 'going to bed'
we all get into bed and pretend to go to sleep
good for when v tired and also when cold and rainy

I cant believe how quick the time goes when you are on here!!

Blu, "slightly shot"? Fantastic!!!

Doesn't Libby Purves suggest being a train and having your wheel changed?

I think there was bruising - possibly grazing - and damage to clothing. But not actual bloodshed. Therfore 'slightly shot'. Like not having sex, in a clinton-esque sort of way. or not inhaling. Or any damn emantics to avoid taking responsibility.

That was the last of the air rifle though.

Not to mention floor wax delivered to the door.

Well, that's one way to get shot of a salesman - so to speak

I used to drop parachutists from my window.

Blimey, some folk are devout miserablists, aren't they?

So long as no-one pisses on niceglasses while she's playing beauty salons, that's the main thing.

'devout miserablists' is a wonderful expression.

Kimellajoe, certain pasta shapes are f-ing painful if stepped on if you fail to sweep them all up off the floor. So, what with the splinters, broken plastic spoons and painful pasta, I think your suggested activity is foolhardily dangerous and therefore banned

this game has a long lifespan
at university we had an early instant messaging program (like MSN but very, very basic) and one night it crashed while I was blethering to the chap downstairs.
bit of string round the hot water pipes and out the window and we were back in business

Soup I do apologise sincerley. I never anticipated the full danger of what I was allowing my children to do. The poor helpless creatures. omg bad mum bad mum. I will never post such a lethal activity on this wonderful site ever again.

Sounds like great fun and the DR Who plan is wicked, too.

This sounds just like a Milly Molly Mandy story where she got locked in and her mother sent up an apple, some crunchy sugar and I forget what else. My favourite MMM story of all time.