After long deliberation of how and who will I initiate in the leap frog class project, I came to a successful conclusion. I concluded that my family was perfect specimen for this project. It has been a long time since I was home and I thought it to be perfect if I could get my mom, dad, brother, and sis into this amusing yet awkward activity. My family tends to part their separate ways as they are always preoccupied with their lives so I was hoping I could create a sense of community/unity amongst us. I knew this would not be an easy task to accomplish as my parents are pretty “stiff” and would be resistant to participate in this kind of activity.

It was November 1^st, the day after Halloween, so I and rest of the family were still functioning on sugar. I mentioned nothing of this project to my family. I was joking around with them all day and helping out with whatever was necessary just to be as nice as possible and create a pleasant mood and atmosphere so they would be more compliant with my leap frog project. While getting groceries for dinner I also picked up a bottle of red wine. After dinner and few glasses of wine my parents were chipper. I popped the question. I got some weird looks from my family; they had no idea what I was talking about. I stressed the importance of this class project as I pushed them to our back yard. After a very long explanation period first attempts were made. I have to admit this is by far one of the funniest things I ever seen my family do. In the end all was well, and my family was glad they could make fun of each other for their lack of dexterity and overall physical activity. This was a unique bonding experience for us all.

I believe this activity created a stronger sense of unity amongst my family because of the unique nature of it. It was great to see that even though the activity may have seemed a bit childish or awkward to participate in those feelings were overcome and thus creating a greater sense of unity in my family. It also created community amongst us by means of helping someone out. It showed community in terms of support. But, most importantly, it created community in terms of enjoying each others company and being able to laugh at one another in a friendly way.