I Wish I Had a Time Machine....

On the way home from soccer, someone on the bus started singing, "I like to eat, eat, eat, apples and bananas!" (I am going to take this time and point out that I did NOT get a good seat on the bus, because Mr. Dykstra wouldn't let me leave 5 minutes early from class.)  It reminded me of my childhood, so that is what I decided to blog about.  More specifically, I'll be blogging about games I played in school as a child.

#1-Simon Says.
Let me start off by saying that I was not very good at this game.  Let's say for example the leader said, "Hop on one foot."  I was a little kid who had a ton of energy; how am I supposed to resist the urge to hop on one foot?!  I'm curious as to who Simon is, and why the game is called Simon Says.  I don't think I knew anyone named Simon back in the day, but if I had, I wonder if I would've done anything he told me to do.

#2-Red Light Green Light.
So like I said about Simon Says, I'm a kid with energy, and they expect me to just be able to freeze in place after running full speed.  I mean, come on.  I always got lucky though; sometimes the leader person wouldn't see me still moving.  But needless to say, I wasn't the best at that game either.

#3-Dirty Backyard.
I don't know if any of you have heard of this, but we used to play it at Hoover all the time.  It was my favorite!  Although when I look back on it I don't really know why.  Basically all we did was throw random crap in the air over a "fence." (Which was really just mats standing up.)  But hey, isn't that what kids like doing these days? 

I could go on and on about childhood games, but then I'd feel like an overachiever.  I loved elementarty school; those were the good days.  Not saying that these days aren't good, but you know what I mean.  Now if only I had a time machine...