Brighten up a boring day!

One of my favorite funny bloggers posted an office version of this. Here's my take on it!

WAYS TO BRIGHTEN UP A BORING DAY
at home...

• Chase a child around the house to give him/her a kiss or a tickle (be sure the child is OK with this!).
• Return the greeting of anyone in the house, but substitute the name of a pet for his or her name. “Hi Scarlet Claus, how was school today?” “I missed you too Lord Fluffy!”
• Phone home from work and say, “Just called to say I can’t talk right now, Bye.”
• To signal the end of a conversation, clamp your hands over your ears and grimace.
• Leave your zipper open for an hour. If anyone points it out, say “Sorry, but I really prefer it this way.”
• In the middle of dinner, suddenly yell out “YABBA DABBA DOOO!”
• Walk sideways to the refrigerator.
• Say to your child, “I like your style”, and shoot him/her with double-barreled fingers.
• In the middle of a “creative discussion,” babble incoherently, then ask “Did you get all that?, I don’t want to have to repeat it.”
• Gasp dramatically every time the refrigerator door opens.
• Yell downstairs repeatedly for yourself (do NOT disguise your voice).
• Set a bowl on the floor and carefully pour your drink in it. Then get down and noisily lap it up like a dog.
• Shout random numbers while someone is counting.
• At the end of dinner, suggest that, for once, it would be nice to conclude with the singing of the national anthem. (Extra points if you actually launch into it yourself.)
• Walk into the room in which a child is reading or doing homework, and while they watch you with growing irritation, turn the light switch off/on 10 times.
• For an hour, refer to everyone by the names you’ve given them on your blog or from a cartoon. “Spongebob do the dishes!”
• When returning from the restroom sing the, “I went poo poo in the potty” song repeatedly. Don’t forget to dance!
• When a child is not home, carefully put away all their laundry or toys in the correct places (where they’ll never find it).
• When there are extra children in the house, run around counting the children repeatedly, shake your head and mutter over and over, “Too many, there’s just too many!”
• At dinner time, sit down at the table, look at the children expectantly and ask what’s for dinner?
• Put purple food coloring in the milk. (Don't use green or blue unless you want to drink it all yourself! Green milk is NOT appetizing!)
• Before dinner is served, hold up your unused fork and ask the child next to you, “Do you wanna swap?”
• Repeat the following conversation 10 times to the same person:

“Do you hear that?"
“What?”
“Never mind, it’s gone now.”

• Wear your craziest outfit (mine is a rainbow colored tie dye shirt with matching shorts) when you drop off or pick up your child from school.
• Speak in an accent (French, German, Porky Pig, etc.) to anyone who comes to the front door.
• Hang a two-foot long piece of toilet paper from the back of your pants and act genuinely surprised when someone points it out.

My favorite?
Whenever a child misbehaves, furtively make checks in a notebook while giggling. Tell any child who asks that you are playing a game, but don’t give them details. Wait until the child has been naughty several times and then dance around shouting, “YES! I WIN!” Thank the child (don’t explain) and walk away pumping your fist in the air. You can actually reward yourself with a treat if you like. I’ve heard it called Behavior Bingo.