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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Next time you know you'll be going there, make plans outside the house. Take the kids and their cousins somewhere, anywhere. Younger kids: Park, playground if weather permits. Find out if there are any indoor play spaces, or if they're older, take them for some kind of fun shared experience -- laser tag, mini-golf (yes, there is indoor mini-golf in some areas), out to the movies and dinner (at least they can stare at the movie screen and then talk about the movie over dinner), an arcade, whatever. Get out of the house, period.

Any chance that the adults will actually turn off the TV and engage if you and your husband organize a game for everyone -- something big and boisterous like a white elephant gift exchange where people get to "steal" each others' gifts? One family I know plays bingo on holidays with dollar-store prizes and all ages love it.

You may have to take the initiative and get more creative rather than waiting for them to be more polite and focus on you. I'm sorry it's like that but if that's how it is -- take that initiative.[/quote]

I like the bingo idea.  I had forgotten about this, but one of my uncles did this one time when we were young (so that would have been about 30 years ago - yikes!).  But it was fun and maybe I'll try it next time we go to Ils house.  Hmm...[/quote]

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