seek? yes. hide? not so much.

Cam's new favorite game is hide and seek...sort of. He's got the seeking down pat and even covers his eyes and counts to 10 (or to 3 properly and then babbles til I get up to 10). After the "ready or not here we come!" line, he runs off excitedly to find daddy or mommy depending on who gets designated as the official hider. The parent who is the co-seeker with Camden talks him through the seeking process. i.e. "Is daddy in Camden's room? No....Is he in the kitchen? No..." Until finally, Camden finds the person he's looking for and thinks it's just the best thing ever!

Early on when we first started playing this game, we tried to get him to hide with one of us. He did not get that concept at all and would immediately run out of his hiding place laughing hysterically once someone started looking for him. Now, he understands that he has to stay put and hide but hasn't quite grasped that he also needs to be quiet.

The other day, I was hiding with Camden in our hall closet (his most favorite place to hide) and Brian was looking for us. B did the usual commentary as he went around the house seeking. The greatest part though, was every time Brian would ask the rhetorical question like, "Is Camden in his room?" Camden would answer out loud from the closet, "Noooo." So the game ended up going like this:

Daddy: Is Camden in his room?

Cam in closet: Noooo

Mommy hiding with Camden: Shhh. You have to be quiet so daddy doesn't hear you.

Daddy: Is Camden in mommy and daddy's room?

Cam in closet: Noooo

Mommy: Shhhhh (with laughter, of course)

Daddy: (now laughing) Is Camden in the kitchen?

Cam in closet: Noooo

Clearly, hiding still needs a bit of work. Love.