Our boys love Madlibs. It is a good way to familiarize them with nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc.
The last couple of nights we have been doing Madlibs as a family, but I have had to limit the readings of each finialized story. The reason being that they are memorizing the phrases and I am sick of hearing things like "temporary poop" and "open your bum" all day long.
Yes, for my boys, the most common:
noun is poo
adjective is poopy
verb is poo (isn't it lovely how the same word can be noun and verb)
adverb is poopily
and body part is bum (only because poo isn't a body part)
The amount of laughter that word produces each time it is used, no matter what the scenerio, is mind-boggling. I keep thinking we should ban it, but...
I remember a van-ride to Vernal a couple years ago during which all we heard was the simple word, "poo" from Adam followed by squealing laughter from Caleb (they kept this up for hours). I guess it isn't just my boys, but I wonder if it is something that they ever grown out of. The answer may come in the form of my very mature David who rolls his eyes, but laughs as heartily as the boys every time that word is mentioned (okay, slight exaggeration).
Simple, albeit uncouth, pleasures!
