Around the Dinner Table

Last Friday, Elizabeth's boyfriend and one of her girlfriends had dinner with us. And after dinner we sat around the table playing games and laughing. The best game, by far, was the Fruit and Vegetable Game.
Try this: cover your teeth with your lips and try talking. Say 'celery'. And 'rutabaga'. Now try 'potato'. Sounds rather silly, doesn't it?
The way this game works is each person chooses a fruit or vegetable to 'be' and the talk around the table works like this: one person starts by naming their self and saying "to" another person. (i.e. "celery to potato")Then potato would say something like "potato to banana", and on it goes. The trick is, if you show your teeth you're out. And you'll find it is particularly difficult to laugh while keeping your teeth covered up with your lips.
In the end, you'll all be sitting around the table sounding ridiculous as you try to talk with your lips over your teeth, laughing until your stomach hurts.
We loved it, and I'm looking forward to the next time my kids have friends over for dinner!