Playpen Thread #1.

whoopie!

I dibs the swing!

Ok Seal, but we need to take turns. I'll play on the slide for awhile and we can switch later on.

How energetic! It's the sandbox for me. Maybe a nice, frosty lemonade.

Awwwwwwwww, such cute kiddies . can I play with you? I'll be good.......

Roger
The sandbox sounds fun too and since Seal doesn't want to share the swing with me, do you mind if I come play with you?

Misti
Hey, come on over!!! I am so excited now that I'm not the only girl here. You wanna go play hopscotch?

(The sad, real-life, truth is I cannot handle swings any more. get dizzy, get headaches.)

But I'll throw a frisbee with anyone. Boy or girl!

And if it's too windy for a frisbee... Kites!

That sounds like fun Seal. Here comes the frisbee!!! Heads up!!!

Oops. The dog caught the frisbee. Someone catch the dog. I'll play a game of marbles. I'm good at that game if someone will help me get up when the game is over.

Hi Raggedyaggie, I'll help you up if you teach me how to play marbles! Is it anything like Jacks?

Hi Piffka: You are so sweet to help me. I love jacks, too, but I'm not as good at that game. To play marbles, you draw a ring in the dirt. You have a "shooter" marble that you propel with your thumb and the object is to hit as many marbles out of the ring as you can and then you get to keep those marbles. You should always have a special shooter. (I had one that was the colors of the rainbow). You aren't teasing me about never having played "marbles" before, are you?

Truly not! I have a small collection of marbles and used them for one of my old favorite games, Chinese Checkers, but I have never played them as you describe. Don't the marbles get dirty? Is the shooter a big marble?

Piffka: The Agate, or Aggie, (no, that's not how I chose my screen name, lol), was rarer and larger and was prized as a shooter. Sometimes the prize for winning was the other player's shooter. The smaller marbles were usually Cats Eye. You were probably a little lady and not a "tomboy" like I was. My Mom frowned upon the unladylike game, but was sweet enough to make me a drawstring felt bag with my initials embroidered on it to carry the marbles. The boys were so jealous, Mom made them marble bags, too. I started shooting marbles at age 5 and have a photo of me in overalls and cap shooting my Agate. The marble ring had to be dry dirt, but to tell you the truth, I don't remember ever washing those marbles. The game dates back to ancient Egypt and marble championships are held in many parts of the world today. (I just read that it was one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite games.) I was going to post a link of the game's history here, but it didn't work. I'll have to learn how to do that. The marbles came in all colors and designs and the real incentive of the game (at least for me) was winning the prettiest marbles.

Oh! You'd take my marbles!!! Then I'd only play with the cat's eyes or the solid ones that came with the checkers game. I had some beautiful white ones, shot with color (blues & greens always being my favorites), but I'm not sure I've got many, maybe three. I think I'll go dig out that can of marbles and see what's there!

*Would love to see the photo of you in overalls & cap!

Oh, can I play? Pretty please!!!!! I love marbles :-) I use to collect them, but they got lost along the way. I think I'll start collecting them again since they have such beautiful ones now and I'll need some to play here. This is so fun!!! I like jacks too if you wanna play after ;-)

Gezzy's lost her marbles. You read it here first, folks.

LOL!

Hey, don't be pickin on me or I'm tellin.

Jacks any one?