Hide-and-Seek

The girls are currently playing hide-and-seek, a game that Cousin Ben taught Riley.  Riley really really likes to play hide-and-seek, with a few exceptions:

1. She is very timid, so she is a little nervous to be the "prey" in any game, so hiding is slightly intimidating.  Yesterday, when she was playing with Mike, and he was hiding, she was anxious looking for him, too.  Go figure.

2. The concept of "hiding" is lost on her.  As we were just starting up this game, she volunteered to hide, so Noelle had to count (translate: Mommy had to count).  Riley stood there and watched Noelle while I counted to 10, twice, pausing every now and then to gently remind Riley that now would probably be a great time to hide.  Finally, Noelle just started following Riley-girl.  Riley ran into her room and exclaimed, "Okay, Noelle!  I'm hiding in here!"  When Noelle found her, she then informed Noelle, "Okay, now I'm going to go hide in your room!" 

Holy cow, I love these girls!