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The post that inspired the blog crush was one I found via ParentHacks: “Daddy Spa” - Quality Floor-time for Girls and their Dads. HighTechDad has three daughters and was looking for a way to spend quality "floor time" with his girls. He says it's sometimes "hard for a dad to find ways to interact and connect with his girls."
So he created Daddy Spa time, where it lets them play games they like but adds a tiny bit of structure.
His girls create the "environment" by dimming lights, closing shades and putting on a sound machine of waves...aka The Spa Vibe.
There are the typical spa activities. He lets the girls create some wacky hairstyles and put on makeup and nail polish that is really just water applied with Q-tips (brilliant!). He taught them how to scratch his back without digging their nails into him. There's the "back rub" where they pound away on him and the "back walk" where they, yes, walk on his back. Now I let my sons do this to me and it's awesome when you have some muscle tightness or need to crack your back (and they also think it's pretty funny when mom says, "Hey...could you walk on my back?"). My absolute favorite is a truly a "dad" addition to the spa menu: "fart-age." They make farting noises on his back.
Basically, Dad Spa means you let your girls beat up on you. And they, of course, love every second of it and probably think their dad is pretty cool.
Kudos to HighTechDad for finding a fun way to spend quality time with his girls in a way that lets them take the lead. It's too easy to let mom and dad dictate a kid's every playtime move. The complete how to guide to create your own Daddy Spa can be found here.
