My favorite stupid father-daughter games
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 9:08AM
Stumpjack in Daddyhood

1. Grocery shopping yesterday with Cheyenne. We begin making dualing mouth fart noises, til they become loud, almost spitting "PLBLBLBBBBBBBTT!!" fart noises. But if someone looks at us I will immediately look at Cheyenne with a disgusted look on my face, like she really did fart, and just shake my head in shame. She usually replies with "You dork!" haha...I win.

2. I push the shopping cart and suddenly start walking a little faster, so Cheyenne has to walk faster too to catch up. So I walk even faster pushing the cart, and start glancing over my shoulder like some strange weirdo is following me, while she's walking even faster to catch up. Then I start actually running but with nerdy football practice pitter-patter steps, feet splayed sideways, as I push the cart erratically and glance over my shoulder with a scared look in my eyes. At this point she stops running after me and just laughs "OMG, you're so weird!" as I disappear into the next aisle. I call that one my nerd shuffle and it works in the parking lot just as well as in the store (best used when pushing a shopping cart).

3. The old "pull the car ahead as they reach for the car door" never gets old. Yesterday I had her running after the car and talking smack and laughing for 100 feet in the parking lot. I think she always asks me if she can drive just so she can make me chase the car.

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