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"2 Square" with my Sister, it was a glor...

2012-01-04T19:22:45.322-08:00

"2 Square" with my Sister, it was a glorified version of catch, you had to bounce the ball once on the ground and then send it into her square and back and forth, we played on the sidewalk in front of the house, and sometimes we made up word games to go along with it like Easter Colors, and we had to name an Easter Color when the ball bounced, the one who ran out first lost lol you could add more friends at school and that was called "Four Square" and there were drawn lines on the asphault on the playground to do so. Wonder if the lines are still there at that grade school... ;-)

Good thing that last one was Anonymous, Marcus. He...

2011-12-21T18:17:21.153-08:00

Good thing that last one was Anonymous, Marcus. He could quite possibly be investigated for a couple of raging infernos lately. I remember playing "caroms in the summer. It was a game similar to Billiard with it's own tables, wooden rings, and a sort of "cue stick" that you used to put the rings in the pockets at the corners of the table. merry Christmas, and thanks for all of these wiritngs that sometimes cause us to remember our own "cardboard box" playtimes.

Hoo boy.

2011-12-21T09:44:24.505-08:00

Hoo boy.

Matches. Best toy ever. My brother almost starte...

2011-12-21T09:38:14.144-08:00

Matches. Best toy ever. My brother almost started an overnight blaze whipped by wind over in Lakeview Heights back in the day. After that, matches weren't considered the best toy...until we discovered gasoline soaked tennis balls when we moved to Vancouver. Then we needed the matches again.
Brent

I love this blog entry, it's so true! My best ...

2011-12-21T09:30:41.789-08:00

I love this blog entry, it's so true! My best friend Alex and I were given a spoon by my mom.... only a very sturdy spoon would work. We would go outside in the backyard wooded area, and dig in the dirt for hours on end in the summertime. Oh, the treasures we would find! Worms, pill bugs, ants, etc. We would just say to each other, "Let's go dig!" and our eyes would fill with excitement!

I love these comments today. So good to hear these...

2011-12-21T09:26:08.599-08:00

I love these comments today. So good to hear these! Merry Christmas everyone.

Like most young boys, I could play with a stick, u...

2011-12-21T09:04:07.142-08:00

Like most young boys, I could play with a stick, uh, I mean a gun ... for hours on end. Perhaps days. Being a diehard Star Trek fan (the original, of course), any stick that had the backwards handle that was more like a phaser than a normal gun was even more valuable.

Although they might not say it now (being teenagers and all), the kinds of toys you're describing have been my kids' favorites, too. One time when my oldest was out at her grandparents' house, there were no toys readily available, so Grammy put two pennies in a two liter pop bottle. Instant favorite toy.

Frankly, no fancy gadget will eclipse the box and the stick as the universal best toys ever...

Both my kids (3 and 5)love to play with boxes too,...

2011-12-21T05:45:38.843-08:00

Both my kids (3 and 5)love to play with boxes too, we are currently packing to move and they keep stealing them..
Another favourite they have is to spread a quilt or sheet over some dining chairs spaced apart and have a tent which they just sit or lay under.

Great article, Marcus and so true. We used to pla...

2011-12-21T05:28:53.883-08:00

Great article, Marcus and so true. We used to play kick the can when I was young. One person is "it" and everyone else hides. There's a can that's put on the ground. The people hiding try to kick the can before the person who is "it" finds them and jumps over the can. Simple and lots of fun!

By the way, my daughter is crazy about Barbies too.

I reall don't remember any boring games I play...

2011-12-21T00:13:36.302-08:00

I reall don't remember any boring games I played as a kid. Mostly because they were all not boring back then. Like you said for yourself, when you are a kid you have an other way of gaming and feeling grand.

What I remember well is my brother-in-law making his son a knight's castle out of a card box. Guess what his son said: 'Daddy I don't need anything for Christmas anymore, I already have everything'.

If life can be that easy for a adult again, that would be great. Sometimes I miss the easiness you have as a child.