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kydeere40744	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 10:45:34 AM What are some of your favorite childhood games? One of the games we would play would be "copycat". Basically you repeat what the person just said. Oh it use to annoy me so much when my brother would do that but I would always get him back. I loved playing jump rope and singing the songs while jumping too. What are your favorite? ~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~ Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... http://bluegrassprincess.blogspot.com/
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kydeere40744	Posted - Feb 01 2008 : 9:29:10 PM Oh I got a giggle remember the red light green light game. I always had the case of the giggles when we played that game at recess. Back in 3rd grade or so, we got a brand new slide at my school. Granted, it was homemade and wasn't welded to good. It was sturdy and was very tall. Very first day of trying it out who gets hurt on the slide? Yours truly (yes kiddos, I was a dangerous kiddo and accident prone I think). We had to have a "lesson" from one of the teachers how to properly slide down this thing. Basically they said to keep your knees bent (why I have no clue). Well, I go down the slide and don't make it to the bottom and my foot gets stuck in between the flat part and the round part of the side. My foot is up there, rest of my body on the ground. They had to take my shoe off of me to get me loose and I had one big ole ankle as it started to swell up from the twisting. They still had the slide up until a few years ago from what I remember. I was too afraid to go on a slide after that. One of my best friends and I use to have sleep overs while growing up. Our favorite thing to do was play with the Easy Bake Oven. Oh what joy it was to cook with that thing. It made pretty good cakes and we thought we were Betty Crocker. haha! ~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~ Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... http://bluegrassprincess.blogspot.com/
KYgurlsrbest	Posted - Feb 01 2008 : 4:02:55 PM Linder, we called that "swinging statues" I think I mentioned it in my first post...what fun!!! Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"... NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. http://www.buyhandmade.org/
Linder	Posted - Feb 01 2008 : 3:15:11 PM Interestingly enough, Statue maker was different for us from what Lea described. We'd get the biggest kid to swing us around in circles and let us lose. However we landed was the position we had to freeze in! Potentially dangerous at times as my older sister was famous for pounding the crap out of me and that girl could swing a kid sister FAR! LOL! The rest is pretty much the same as everyone else described. I don't think i ever played that with my daughter. At almost 19 I think we've passed the opportune time. Chandra thanks for reminding me about Red Light/Green Light. How could I forget that one? And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk to blossom
BarefootGoatGirl	Posted - Feb 01 2008 : 1:26:27 PM i love the memory about the bell. when i was a kid, our parents honked the horn in the truck to bring us home and we all knew which honk was for us. another game we played...for lack of a better word to call it, was daredevil. we would take my redwagon (one word, yes) to the top of the hill and fly down the gravel road past our 1/2 acre lot at the bottom and nearly to the neighbors garden. it's amazing nobody ever got hurt with that game...sometimes there would be 4 kids in the wagon at one time. What we write today slipped into our souls some other day when we were alone and doing nothing. -Brenda Ueland http://quilandneedle.blogspot.com/
country lawyer	Posted - Feb 01 2008 : 1:22:53 PM I think half the fun of having a child is getting to play all the games we loved again! Mine was kick ball, out in the street in front of our house (dead-end street, by the way). The sewer lid was always home base. I had forgotten that fact until right now. I still like to play CandyLand, although my daughter thinks she is too old for it now. Awwww Mom, not CandyLand....
kydeere40744	Posted - Feb 01 2008 : 12:57:27 PM Awww....we called that freeze tag here. I remember that a lot of the times with the frozen stance you about fell over. Bringing back ole memories! ~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~ Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... http://bluegrassprincess.blogspot.com/
farmgirl blessings	Posted - Feb 01 2008 : 12:36:35 PM Jessica, Statue maker is a form of tag. One person is "It" and chases the others. When he touches someone that person has to stand exactly like he was when he was touched ... like a statue. He cannot move until another player touches him to release him from being a statue. Its loads of fun and so silly. Of course, we all exaggerated our pose and usually everyone ended up rolling in the grass laughing! What fun that was! Blessings, Lea www.farmhouseblessings.blogspot.com www.farmhouseblessings.etsy.com www "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot
kydeere40744	Posted - Feb 01 2008 : 09:53:28 AM Ya know - I've never heard of Statue Maker - share kiddos on what it is. :) I wanna play!! ~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~ Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... http://bluegrassprincess.blogspot.com/
farmgirl blessings	Posted - Feb 01 2008 : 08:10:11 AM Oh thank you, Linda! I had forgotton about Statue Maker! It all just came flooding back when I read your post. I can hardly wait to play that with my boys today! You've made my day! Blessings, Lea www.farmhouseblessings.blogspot.com www.farmhouseblessings.etsy.com www "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot
KYgurlsrbest	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 9:05:14 PM Yep, playing outside until dark...I also remember throwing myself down the hill like a bowling ball, rolling all the way down til I knocked my noggin a little loose. And THEN, as tired as I'd be, momma wouldn't let me into those cool sheets until I'D WASHED MY FEET!!!! Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"... NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. http://www.buyhandmade.org/
Maryjane Lee	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 8:47:16 PM I have enjoyed all the posts to and it brings back such wonderful memories of being a child! Yes, playing until dark!!! I am sure we all slept good at night being tuckered out from playing so hard! The simple pleasures of growing up and just being kids.... Hugs, Maryjane Lee Farmgirl Sister #44 The Beehive Cottage~est. 1971 Sisters on the Fly #595
Lavendar fields dreamer	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 8:41:06 PM i loved playing sardines at my grandmas, cats cradle, and statue maker was another good one. so gonna use these in the spring lavendar girl
miss wilma	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 8:35:43 PM Girls I think this has been one of the best bunch of post I have ever read, The memories are priceless,If you could see and play with Jessies little nephews and they are my great We get out and play hide and seek And even I guess I am an old woman I enjoy every min of it, what if more parents spent more time playing games with their children than sticking them in front of a tv Farm Girl #96 http://www.picturetrail.com/misswilmasplace http://misswilma.blogspot.com/
Linder	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 8:23:32 PM LOL! Our favorites were "Stuck in the Mud" and "Statue Maker"! Oh my gosh we'd stay outside playing until it got dark and our Mothers would call us home. Each Mom in our neighborhood had a bell to call their kids home. So many bells with so many different rings to them and yet we each knew which one was ours. What great memories this brings up! I loved playing those games with my friends. And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk to blossom
kydeere40744	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 8:15:52 PM Now Lea if you said tobacco spitting contest, then we might have to have a talk. haha. We had watermelon seed spitting contests too in the summertime. My grandpa hauls watermelons still and I love going down there for a visit and cutting open a watermelon on a hot summer day. Oh I wish it was summertime now!! Oh Judy I remember our little girl club in grade school. Can't remember the name of it, sad to say, but we had the secret colors, journal, and all kinds of goodies. Something that I noticed with everyone's stories...not one post is a mention of some kind of video game inside. I've been teaching my nephews some games from our childhood. If only kids and teenagers could see the fun times outside of the home. ~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~ Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... http://bluegrassprincess.blogspot.com/
chicken necker	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 7:47:54 PM "my foot is your foot"! My sis would die if she knew I was sharing this one. We had bunk beds as little girls. When we weren't sleepy, we would play this game. i had the top bunk, she the bottom. One of us would go first. Either she would stick her leg up to my "level" and her foot had to do whatever I told it to or I would hang my leg over and do the same. "monster in the tub"- we only had a spring for water so we always took baths together. We'd stick the washrag in water and you had to avoid the monster! "concert" - we would take out our transitter radio to the top of the chicken coop and have a concert for the animals singing to the music. I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by. ~anon
farmgirl blessings	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 7:36:23 PM Flashlight tag ... and watermelon spitting contests. Not very ladylike but I can spit a seed farther than anyone I know! LOL Blessings, Lea www.farmhouseblessings.blogspot.com www.farmhouseblessings.etsy.com www "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot
JessieMae	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 5:14:39 PM We played outside games during the summer like Hide-and-Seek and Flashlight Tag, which was totally awesome 'cause there was about 20 kids all the same age in my neighborhood. The games could go on for HOURS. I always liked Red Rover because I was the strongest girl in my class so I could always break through the line. I did not like Duck-Duck-Goose at all, because I was also the fattest girl in my class, and everyone could outrun me. I would be "it" FOREVER.... In the wintertime when we had to play inside, we played House and School. I was very bossy, so I was always the teacher.
junkjunkie	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 4:13:15 PM Hopscotch, hide and seek, 'A my name is...', dodgeball and softball. I loved riding my bike and yes....I loved dolls, especially Barbie and all her cool clothes (I wish I still had her...don't know what happened :( ) We also had 'girls clubs' between our garages with all of our secret stuff and once in a while we would have a backyard circus. We just loved running and playing in general. "To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main
Farmtopia	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 3:55:14 PM Hehe, this is great. Let's see, Tag, hide and seek, duck-duck-goose, Red Rover, Telephone, Hot Potato, Jacks, pick-up-sticks. Dodgeball, handball, double dutch...ack, I could go on and on!! ~~Dream all you dreamers~~ View my work: www.bigtownfarmer.com www.pumpkinpatchparlor.etsy.com And Blogs: www.bigtownfarmer.blogspot.com www.queenofcrows.blogspot.com
kydeere40744	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 3:24:59 PM I forgot that on a cold winter night, we loved to work on one of those large puzzles that are 1000 pieces or more. We each had our own "territory" to finish. Chandra...gosh you mentioned Red Rover and I so remembered that game! We also played dodgeball and we use to play kickball in school until a certain girl (hmm...wonder who that could be??) broke her wrist because some boy kicked the ball and her wrist while she was picking it up. I also loved playing football, basketball, and baseball growing up and riding 4wheelers in the woods. And then there are lincoln logs & playdough. I've been itching to buy some play dough to play with! haha ~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~ Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... http://bluegrassprincess.blogspot.com/
MasterGardener	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 1:20:08 PM Chinese jump-rope, jump-rope, jacks, Red-light/green-light, red rover, 4-square, pick-up sticks, War (card game), Gin-rummy... .• ´¨¨)) -:¦:-¸.•´ .•´¨¨)) ((¸¸.•´ ..• -:¦:- -:¦:- Chandra -:¦:- ((¸¸.•´Farmgirl Sister #64 She considereth a field, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. Proverbs 31:16
catscharm74	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 12:36:25 PM I love forsythia bushes and when we get settled, I am going to put some in!! They are so beautiful and add POP in a garden... We would pretend we were woodland creatures and those were our houses. I used to bring my bike, cat, book and ice tea under there and pretend it was my little house- YES, it was that big!! I think that is where my love of camping and outdoors came from.I loved it!!! Cheers, Heather FARMGIRL #90
Amie C.	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 12:34:07 PM We had one of those forsythias you could live under too! We loved a game called Pieman. Anyone else play that?
bohemiangel	Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 11:49:49 AM Telephone but I loved some sheep game shoot I forget the name. It's old my g-ma taught it to me. hmmmm ps I just got the flood warning thing grrrr ~~Farmgirl Sister #60~~ "... to thine ownself be true." http://liggygirl.blogspot.com/ http://liggygirlslonggreen.blogspot.com/

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