Tickle Time Funny

Any evening that we are at home, the kids (mostly Maddie) start begging Mark for "tickle time".  Apparently what tickle time consists of is Mark on the floor tickling, wrestling, taunting, piggyback riding and whatever else he can do to play with the kids.  Tickle time is EXTREMELY loud and usually ends up with somebody crying.  However, you can be sure that the next night, they will be begging for it all over again.  Even Mason will sneak up to Daddy and say "Get you" . . .  which means he wants Mark to get HIM.

So the piggyback ride is one of the most sought after elements of tickle time, but Mark hates doing that one because it is just uncomfortable for him.  Usually all 3 kids will pile on all at once and his back feels like it could break.  One night, Maddie asked Daddy if she could have a "private" piggy back ride.  It was kind of funny, so he obliged.  Once she got up on his back though, he started bouncing up and down instead of moving forward.  She giggled and appeared to be loving it, but then abruptly said "Daddy, stop, I'm getting horse sick!".  It was such a funny moment that we don't get very often with Maddie anymore - she is almost too grown up to say the cute stuff these days!