Recently, I played an exhausting hour of tag, hide-n-seek, and then “duck duck grey duck” with my daughters.
I didn’t even think it was possible to play “duck duck grey duck” with only three people. I thought you needed a circle of children. The kids were inventive enough to make it possible with new rules that they made up on the spot. It had the element of surprise and then excitement when you got chased around the yard in “tag” fashion. “Duck duck blue duck. Duck duck red duck. Duck duck GREY duck!”
It was actually pretty fun. I needed to let myself be in the moment and let the children lead. When I asked the kids “Why is this fun?” their response was “Because you’re here and we’re together.” Time together is what matters. This is truly what keeps us young.
On a side note: Most of you will know this child’s game as “duck duck GOOSE!” or “quack quack honk!” But that isn’t the case in Minnesota. It’s either “duck duck grey duck” or “duck duck gray duck” here. Take your pick. If Minnesotans are the only ones calling it something different, then obviously we are right and everyone else is wrong. I wonder if they call it “duck duck Canada goose?” in Canada.
On another note, I want to share one of the most fun toys of the summer. Hasbro Water Pistols made for an inexpensive and fun afternoon of running around and dodging water.
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