Hide the Feet

Today, I spent 20 minutes playing “hide the feet with the blanket,” where I put the covers over Troy’s feet, and he uses his monkey feet to pull it off again. He thoroughly enjoys pulling it off and watching me try to put it on again, as is indicative by the huge grin on his face and the bubbly “grrr” sound he makes in laughter. And I say try, because he goes out of his way to prevent me from winning, from raising his feet in the air to grabbing the blanket with his toes. But the strange thing that I realized today is how much I also enjoy playing this game with him. I love talking to him, watching him smile at me, and trying to outsmart his little legs and toes. Who would have thought that a forty-year old man would love playing some activity that is so simple and childish for so long?!