Day 196 -- Duck, Duck, Goose!
Ah, the childhood-favorite game has arrived at our house.
Tonight, for some odd reason, the older kids had it in their heads that they wanted to have a picnic. I assumed that this was a picnic of the outside-on-a-blanket-eating-sandwiches variety -- you know, the kind where the ants inevitably come and the older people's backs begin to hurt from sitting on the ground for more than five minutes. Apparently, their idea of a picnic was the sit-inside-eating-pizza-from-Hungry-Howie's variety. We did throw in the blanket, just so that we could feel a little better about calling it a picnic. So, there we were, in the middle of our living room floor eating pizza on a blanket. Our own strange little picnic.
Are you wondering what this has to do with the game Duck, Duck, Goose yet?
C'mon Sharp, get to the point!
Well, after dinner, the game sort of spontaneously erupted. I didn't realize that my kids had learned this game from somewhere and were capable of organizing a match all by themselves. But, before Colby and I knew what was happening, little hands were touching our heads, voices were saying names of various waterfowl, and little ones were running around in circles laughing and screeching like crazy people. Breslin, naturally, kept explaining the rules of the game to everyone. Dharia, naturally, ignored them all and tried to be the all-time "ducker" (I have seriously never heard that term before, but Breslin assures me that this is the term for the person who goes around the circle saying "duck", "duck", "goose!"). AJ, naturally, wanted to be a part of the action, but instead got in the way and got run over.
It was delightful to play this game with our kids, and funny to see how their personalities revealed themselves during the play. I am grateful for the chance to play an organized game with our kids. I hope we can play games as a family often in the many years to come.
Thank God for Duck, Duck, Goose!
Lord, thank you for the fun we had tonight as a family. Thank you for giving my kids each a distinct personality. Thank you for games and the opportunity they give us to spend time together. In your name I pray, Amen.
Tonight, for some odd reason, the older kids had it in their heads that they wanted to have a picnic. I assumed that this was a picnic of the outside-on-a-blanket-eating-sandwiches variety -- you know, the kind where the ants inevitably come and the older people's backs begin to hurt from sitting on the ground for more than five minutes. Apparently, their idea of a picnic was the sit-inside-eating-pizza-from-Hungry-Howie's variety. We did throw in the blanket, just so that we could feel a little better about calling it a picnic. So, there we were, in the middle of our living room floor eating pizza on a blanket. Our own strange little picnic.
Are you wondering what this has to do with the game Duck, Duck, Goose yet?
C'mon Sharp, get to the point!
Well, after dinner, the game sort of spontaneously erupted. I didn't realize that my kids had learned this game from somewhere and were capable of organizing a match all by themselves. But, before Colby and I knew what was happening, little hands were touching our heads, voices were saying names of various waterfowl, and little ones were running around in circles laughing and screeching like crazy people. Breslin, naturally, kept explaining the rules of the game to everyone. Dharia, naturally, ignored them all and tried to be the all-time "ducker" (I have seriously never heard that term before, but Breslin assures me that this is the term for the person who goes around the circle saying "duck", "duck", "goose!"). AJ, naturally, wanted to be a part of the action, but instead got in the way and got run over.
It was delightful to play this game with our kids, and funny to see how their personalities revealed themselves during the play. I am grateful for the chance to play an organized game with our kids. I hope we can play games as a family often in the many years to come.
Thank God for Duck, Duck, Goose!
Lord, thank you for the fun we had tonight as a family. Thank you for giving my kids each a distinct personality. Thank you for games and the opportunity they give us to spend time together. In your name I pray, Amen.
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