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Let the (driveway) games begin!

I love the creative things my kids come up with sometimes. My youngest suddenly decided to create an outdoor track and field course at my in-laws place. When she called me out to see it I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but boy, was it ever involved. There were about a half dozen different … Continue reading →

You’re IT

My recent post about freeze-tag reminded me of something... when you were a kid and you were playing these kind of tag games, what method did you use to figure out who was going to be "it" ? In my day someone would quickly call out "KING COUNTER NO HIGHER NO LOWER" and thus nominate themselves … Continue reading →

Playground terminology question

There was a recent Twitter-based discussion which I thought deserved a few more opinions. Imagine this scene. You're pushing your child on the swing. You give him/her a big push, the kind that has you walking under the swing while the kid (presumably still in the swing) is overhead. There is … Continue reading →