Hide and Seek

Just to jazz it up a little bit, I have been turning Troy's and my daily chase game into chase / hide-and-seek. I'll go running away from him, around the corner, into some room, and then I'll hide...usually behind the door. Actually, now that I think about it, it's more like a game of chase / Marco Polo, because Troy will follow me as fast as his little legs can carry him; but when he loses sight of me, he'll start calling out, "dada?" I'll of course reply, "yes, baby?" He'll repeat his call, and I'll repeat my reply. And he'll follow the sound of my voice to locate me.

At first, my hiding was still effective, because he could figure out what room I was in, but he couldn't find me. But now, he's learned my tricks, and he automatically looks behind the door first. I will have to change it up, I guess, so he still gets challenged. As soon as he finds me, he takes off in the opposite direction, laughing with such joy. And I race after him, staying a few steps behind him, but pretending that he's just too fast for me to catch him.