For this game you’ll need a virtual dice: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/dice/six.htm
- You are 26 years old and you’ve been married to your partner for 2 years. You’re both established in your careers and decide that you want to start a family. Fortunately you have no trouble getting pregnant. You have a typical pregnancy and 9 months later you deliver a baby _____ (roll the dice: even number = girl, odd number = boy). You give your first child two middle names with the initials BUG.
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If you rolled a ONE, you decide not to have any more children and grow up doting on your little boy. If you rolled a two or higher, continue on!
- When baby #1 turns two, you start to miss having an infant in the house. Your partner agrees with you and by the time your first child is out of diapers you are pregnant again! This pregnancy is slightly harder and you deliver a healthy baby _____ a week before your due date. You give this baby an unusual first name and your maiden name as a middle. (roll the dice: even number = girl, odd number = boy)
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If you rolled a TWO or less, you decide your family is complete and your two kids grow up the best of friends! If you rolled a three or higher, keep going!
- Now your first baby is 4 and your second is 2. In the meantime your sister-in-law just had a baby of her own! Her baby has a biblical name with a cute/spunky nickname. You’re so smitten with your niece or nephew that you decide you want another baby of your own. [name]Just[/name] before your first baby’s 5th birthday you give birth to a baby _____. Each of this baby’s names has seven letters. (roll the dice: even number = girl, odd number = boy)
Your sister-in-law’s baby -
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Your baby -
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If you rolled a THREE or less, you and your partner decide not to have any more children. You are the perfect family of five! If you rolled a four or higher, there’s more in store!
- When your third baby is three, you move from your starter home to a larger one. In all the stress of moving house with three young kids, you barely notice when you miss one period… then another. By the time you realize you’re pregnant again you’re already 18 weeks! A few months later you give birth to a baby ______. You decide you want to give him/her a color name. (roll the dice: even number = girl, odd number = boy)
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If you rolled a FOUR or less, your family is complete! You and your partner love all your children equally and they are great friends. If you rolled a five or higher, continue on!
- By now you’ve gotten used to rolling with the punches, so you’re not surprised to find out you’re pregnant again when baby #4 is only 8mos old! You’re worried about having two kids only 17 mos apart with everything else that’s going on, but you know you and your partner can handle it. When your baby _____ is born on schedule 9mos later, you have already picked out the perfect nature name for him/her. (roll the dice: even number = girl, odd number = boy)
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If you rolled a FIVE or less, you decide that your family is perfect the way it is and stop having children! Your older kids help out with the younger ones and they all grow up healthy and happy. If you rolled a six, you have one more to go!
- Phew! You’ve made it this far and everyone is still healthy, happy, and getting along great. You decide to take a family vacation, during which your middle child falls out of a tree and breaks his/her arm! Because of the injury you decide to cut your vacation short and spend the rest of the time doing things together at home. Somehow during this time you wind up pregnant one last time! You’re afraid six kids is more than you can handle but your oldest kids are a great help. Your last baby, a _____, is born with a developmental delay, but by the time he/she is 2, they are back on track! You give them a name meaning strength or hope. (roll the dice: even number = girl, odd number = boy)
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Congratulations! With six kids, you decide your family is the perfect size and stop having children. You and your partner grow old together and watch your beautiful kids grow up and have kids of their own!
What are your kids’ names (and nicknames, if you use them) again?