"Under" and "Behind"

For months I have been teasing Ken about Rudy's game of "Under." Rudy pushes a ball under the couch and then annoys Ken until he gets down on the floor to get the ball out again. Rudy is able to push the ball far enough under the couch that he cannot get it out and Ken often has to get the yardstick to push it out. It is so funny seeing both Ken and Rudy down on the floor in front of the couch trying to get a ball out.

Now it is payback time. Emme has discovered the game of "Under." She pushes her little fuzzy ping-pong sized ball in back of the lighted bookcase and it rolls under the bottom shelf from the back of the book case. Then she whines until someone (me) gets the yardstick and gets the ball out. There is a variation of this game that must be "Behind." She pushes the ball with her nose until it gets behind the speakers in the dining room. And then of course someone (me) must get up and get it out for her. I wonder who is training whom.

Last night, Emme and Rudy discovered a variation of Under. Emme got under the cabinet in the dining room and Rudy laid down in front of it with the little ball. Rudy then pushed the ball under the cabinet to Emme. Emme used her nose to push the ball back to Rudy. After Rudy chewed on the ball for a few minutes, the game continued: Rudy pushing the ball under the cabinet to Emme and Emme pushing the ball back out to Rudy. This is much better than having to go for the yardstick.