THE ADULTS HAVE MORE FUN PLAYING THAN THE KIDS

I ACCUSE DHANG OF PUSHING ME OUT OF THE CHAIR.

SHE DENIES IT, LOOKING SO INNOCENTLY.

YES, IT'S MUSICAL CHAIR GAME -- THE ADULT VERSION

I THINK IT WAS MORE HYSTERICAL THAN THE KIDS' EPISODE.

JUST LOOK AT THESE PICTURES.

 WHY IS KUYA LEO LOOKING AWAY?

 MY SIDES WERE HURTING SO MUCH FROM LAUGHING SO HARD

 DHANG WAS LITERALLY ROLLING ALL OVER THE FLOOR LAUGHING OUT LOUD.

 EVERYBODY WAS HYSTERICAL.

 WHY IS LEO ALWAYS HAD HIS BACK ON THE PLAYERS?

BECAUSE INSTEAD OF PLAYING THE STEREO, HE'S DOING THE SINGING AND HE SHOULD NOT BE LOOKING AT THE PLAYERS.

 YOU'RE GOING ON THE WRONG DIRECTION.  BACK UP!!

 PERRY WINS FIRST ROUND

 

 

 

"IT'S NOT FAIR.  I CAN'T HEAR THE MUSIC."

 IT'S DHANG VERSUS LIEZLE FOR THE FINALE

 

"GOD, LET MY DAUGHTER WINS SO WE CAN GET THE HUGE PAINTING."

LIEZLE WINS THE SECOND ROUND

SOME COUSINS REUNITE IN SAN DIEGO--NOT OFTEN ENOUGH

GAMES KIDS PLAYED FOR MONEY -- MODERATED BY AUNTIE

Christmas is for children ** Christmas is for children having fun ** Christmas is for children enjoying other children in the family ** Christmas is children playing with each other ** Christmas is children receiving gifts . . .and spreading joy to everyone.

 WE PLAYED SIMON SAYS (OR AUNTIE SAYS), WIGGLE LIKE A WORM, SMILE, ELE FUN, MUSICAL CHAIR, AND OTHER FUN GAMES, 

SOME GAMES THE KIDS THEMSELVES BROUGHT TO THE FLOOR. 

IT WAS HILARIOUS.  

THE KIDS DIDN'T WANT TO STOP PLAYING.  BUT WE HAD TO STOP SOMETIME.  

THEIR PARENTS GOT TIRED AND HAD TO GO HOME. 

I didn't have to bribe them to play these fun games,

but it just added to the excitement of the games.

For a while, I was afraid that the losers would take it hard and cry, 

but that wasn't the case at all.

Everybody played well and had a real great time at it.

Playing games brings out some of the unseen personalities of children,

and we discovered some of them that day.

 

"Wiggle like a worm till Auntie says 'Stop'.  

If you don't stop right away, you're out of the game."

 "Wiggle like a worm."

"Dodong, what are you doing down there?"

"Simon says...raise your left hand--"

"Good."

"Put your hand over your head and rub your belly with the other hand.

Sammy.... you're out!"

"NOOOO!!"

 

Sammy, you're out!!

Boo Hooo!!!

 

Dodong:  "Okay, guys, listen up.  I have this really good game...and this is how it's played--"

 

You guessed it.  Lilly won the SMILE contest.

In this game, only the designated player is allowed to smile, if anyone else is caught smiling, he's eliminated.  Lilly wasn't even close to losing this game.  Just look at her face.

 

Well, Vincent couldn't hide the smile, so he got eliminated from the game.

 

In this scene, Noah (in Santa hat) and parents just arrived. 

He was so excited at seeing his cousins he hugged each one of them and said:

"I love you, cousin."

 ELE-FUN.  Butterflies (fake) fly out of the elephant's trunk and the kids try to catch them.

Whoever catches the most butterflies wins money from Auntie.

 

 Georja, who just had a baby a few days ago, is clearly looking tired already 

as she watches the kids play the musical chair.  Neil, the new father, is busy with his toy.

The brothers (Sam and Dodong) battled it out for the win.

- GAMES THE KIDS PLAYED

Christmas is for children ** Christmas is for children having fun ** Christmas is for children enjoying other children in the family ** Christmas is children playing with each other ** Christmas is children receiving gifts . . .and spreading joy to everyone.


 CATCH THE BUTTERFLIES FLYING OUT OF THE 

ELEPHANT'S N TRUNK

THE PLAYER WHO CATCHES THE MOST NUMBER OF BUTTERFLIES

WINS NEW AND CRISP DOLLARS FROM AUNTIE MARIA PEARLITA

THE INCENTIVE WAS GREAT

BUT THE HILARITY OF IT ALL WAS EVEN GREATER