The Best Game of Hide 'n Seek Ever

Brian and Isabella were playing hide 'n seek today. Since Bella is only two and not particularly good at this game . . . her big brother would usually come to the rescue. BUT today Kadin's attention was focused on the TV and the Transformer's video that was playing so poor little Bella was all on her own . . . and it showed . . .

It was Brian's turn to hide. Bella was upstairs counting . . .

Bella - "Fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five . . . eighty . . . eighty-one . . . ready . . . I come!"

In the meantime . . . Daddy had come downstairs and "hid" on the sofa underneath Bella's prized possession . . . her Dora blanket.

I heard Bella looking around upstairs . . . yelling for Brian. Then I heard her scoot on her butt down the stairs and sure enough she came barrelling into the family room. She looked in the playroom - nothing . . . she looked in the family room (mind you Brian is literally sitting on the sofa with her blanket thrown over himself) - nothing. She went into the spare bedroom - yelling his name - nope not in there either.

By this time Kadin and I are just laughing hysterically . . . and we can't believe how oblivious she is to her Dora blanket taking on the shape of a person sitting on the sofa!! So I tried to be nice and give her a hint . . .

Me - "Bella, why don't you look by the sofa?"

Of course her brother had other ideas . . .

Kadin - "Don't listen to Mom! Daddy's in the bedroom Bella!"

So off she went into the bedroom again . . . looked and yelled for her daddy - nope still not there.

She came back into the family room and now it was obvious she was getting a bit frustrated. At this point she was yelling for a hint and I was just speechless as to how this game was progressing . . .

Me - "Isabella . . . your dad is on the sofa. Go and look by the sofa."

Kadin - "No Bella!!! Daddy is in the bedroom . . . Mom isn't telling the truth!! Go in the bedroom Bella!"

So she dutifully ignored me completely and headed back into the bedroom for a third time. I could see that Kadin was enjoying this little game way too much and this poor girl was never going to find her daddy. She looked around for a bit and came back into the family room (keep in mind she was standing directly in front of Brian) and just looked perplexed. She honestly had no clue where he could be.

I threw Kadin a "look" as he was about to send her on another wild goose chase.

Me - "Bella - look under your Dora blanket. I think Daddy is under your Dora blanket."

Geesh - how much more of a stinking hint can you give???

She went over to her blanket and pulled back the corner . . . you won't believe what she found!!

Bella - "Aaaahhhh!!! Daddy!!!!!!"

She then proceeded to roll around on the floor in a gut-busting laugh. It was the funniest thing I have seen in a long time.

Good thing she's so cute, because she completely stinks at hide 'n seek!