Anya and Callum sometimes get very restless sitting and eating dinner. Rather than enforce a "bottoms on seats" rule, we help them finish dinner by setting physical challenges. In between the challenges they have to come back and eat some more.
Originally the challenges were fairly easy, such as "run over to Grandma and give her a kiss." Next was "run as fast as you can down the hall." More recently it's evolved to much more advanced challenges. This week Anya and Callum ran down the stairs and up again, repeating it several times trying to beat their previous times (I used an egg timer). Tonight there were bunny hops, walking backwards, hopping on one leg backwards, and running around Grandma's chair. Raema loved the challenges as she usually got lots of kisses as they rounded her chair.
Last, I asked Anya what the next challenge should be. She cocked her head, put her hand on her hip, and said, "Hmmm... I think it should be to eat all the vegetables on my plate!" and proceeded to eat as fast as she could while I timed her.
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