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Skype calls when the picture is actually clear and you can hear on both ends can be quite fun. This is not an easy feat, many families have an incredibly hard time with poor connections. But when things click, it's awesome. Day after day conversations can get a little boring. Here are some ideas to keep conversations fresh and fun.
1) Show up in masks or costumes. A good surprise and laughs are guaranteed when you show up looking not like your regular selves. Could be fun to work together with kids to figure out costumes or make and decorate masks out of paper plates or cardstock.
2) Keep a list of fun, strange and silly things that have happen to family members each week to share. Silly stories from home are great fun for someone who misses home like crazy. Let kids tell their silly stories.
3) Gather a few pieces of the children's schoolwork to share. It's fun for parents to see what's happening at school and keep up with all the new things the kiddos are learning.
4) Sing favorite songs. Music has special powers to inspire and cheer people up. A few fun family favorite will definitely put a smile on your loved one.
5) Tell jokes. We bought two kids joke books so our little girl could share a few jokes with Dad every call. It was great to see Daddy try to get the punch line on some of the riddles and jokes and then burst out laughing. You can never smile or laugh enough in a war zone. Jokes are a welcome reprieve from a lot of seriousness.
Those are my five ways to spice up Skype calls. How about you? Do you have any special things you do to make Skype calls more fun?
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