Thanks for the great ideas! I especially like the idea of  a poet that didn't know it. The developmental screener at my daughter's school just told me this morning that Lilly (my daughter) was having trouble with rhyming. This sounds like a great way to remedy that. Thanks again!

these are not silly suggestions at all, they are great ones!

I recognised several of these ideas, It sounded as if you had spent an evening with my daughter and grandchildren.............you were sort of describing what they do.and it works if the laughter is anything to do with it  My daughter is nell18

Heck Jen, I must've read this before and not known it... We silly up the same, and it sounds even more fun when you write it than it is when we do it.  Lovely down to earth advice that makes everybody smile (as usual).  Cheers, Lui ; )

YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!

Congratulations on being someone who can have fun with your kids.  In the hussle bussle of the world it's so easy to forget these things.

:)

Fantastic ideas. Who needs TV and X box! It can be the simple things in life that make the day a good one

These are excellent ideas. We have joke night a couple of nights a week over dinner. There is a subject and all jokes have to be about that subject.

They are great ideas, especially because it's now school holidays and I need ideas to keep my eldest occupied.

Thanks heaps.

Great ideas and something my kids love to do with me at home, its funny to see their dance moves hehe...

xxx cazza

that cracks me up....will copy and stick on frigde very good

thanks rue

great and its good to be silly lol

I love these ideas ..... thanks for sharing
Peace
EF.x 

I am really looking forward to using some of your tips. Especially the dance party, I cant imagine DH getting into that, and the Super Silly Photo Shoot, will be a great way to get some great shots of the three of us without any dramas!!

Thank you so much. XX

I'll remember this for when my daughter is just that bit older. Great advice once again, and enjoyable to read again.

Here's one to share. My son reckons he made it up but I suspect it was a rip-off...

What does a pirate say when he had too much sugar?

(in thick pirate-accent) SUGARMETIMBERS!

Thanks for the great advice!

what great advice we have a family night on Sundays where after dinner we ether play games my son has a book of really cheese jokes makes us all laugh as they r soo silly

Love the advise about the photo shoot we have done this one 

here is a pic we had taken witch i soo love makes me laugh every time i see it

These are great ways to make the everyday extraordinary. The photo shoot thing is something we do all the time and they are some of my favorite pix. And you can't go wrong with dancing. Music tends to take the edge off of the evenings bwfore dinner when everyone is getting cranky. It's so important for children to see their parents get loose and shake it! Why do you think kids love going to weddings so much? They love to dance with their parents!

Great tips Jen!

Just today, while struggling with the kids to get out the door for school, I remembered your advice and told the girls to "Go Thrush your Beeth!" Hilarity ensued...and the teeth finally got brushed!

My daughter and I do this all the time.  It's great fun for both of us.

My son and I are always dancing around the house, we love it...  I remember one year back home at my parents my sister and I drove up to have Christmas with my mum, we got her a new CD player...  We were all in the kitchen.. All of us over the age of 20 dancing around the kitchen. We had a ball of fun... Nothing like good music and lots of laughs to lift spirits....

Fantastic suggestions.

I can just sense your energy that you show your kids! I am the same! I love to shake what my mama gave me and in turn show my miss 2.5 how to shake her groove tha'ng!! :) We are really goofy at the best of times and she loves it! I happen to think that she really loves me - not just cos I am her mum but because I am most of the time at her level! We communicate really well! And I love it when she tells the kids with pride in her voice "thats my mum"!!

Your games are great!!! love em!~ love em! ~ love em!