Let's Play "Cherry Kool-Aid... or Blood?"

A+ Parenting isn't all fun and games. I mean, there are diapers. Fun? No. Game? No. There is Candy Land. Fun? No. Game? Yes. And there is destruction. Fun? Sometimes (not for you). Game? Sometimes (also, not for you). 

Here's a little game we played at our house this week, called: "Cherry Kool-aid... or Blood?"

Set-Up:

1. Have a young friend over to the house. Call this friend "Sparky" to protect his or her identity. Sparky should be funny, impulsive, independent, and adventurous. Some of the best friends are, right? So anyway, you should have Sparky over to your house. Your kids will be excited, I promise.
2. Have three 5-pound packages of raw hamburger meat in the refrigerator for your upcoming freezer meal swap. Sam's Club or Costco memberships are optional, but recommended. 
3. Go upstairs. For optimum game play experience, Sparky should be left to his or her own devices for a short period of time.

Game Play:

1. Sparky opens the refrigerator, probably to get out some milk.
2. Sparky calls out to your child, "Uh, Your Child's Name, we have a little problem here."
3. Assume the problem is some spilled milk. And there's no use crying. Keep doing what you're doing.
4. Your child goes downstairs to Sparky.
5. Your child says, "Um... I think that's blood."
6. Sparky says, "Well, I tasted it."
7. You go downstairs, quickly now.

How the Game Ends:

1. Check the floor. Observe several large red drops that look like Cherry Kool-Aid... or Blood. One has clearly been swiped at and tasted. 
2. Ask yourself: Cherry Kool-Aid... or Blood?"
3. If you:
1. Have no Cherry Kool-Aid, AND
2. Look in the refrigerator and clearly see that blood has leaked out of one of the 5-lb hamburger packages, THEN

Congratulations!!! You win! Or you lose!

That's "Cherry Kool-Aid... Or Blood?"

And that's A+ Parenting Today.