Duck Duck Goose

I picked up O after school today.  It was such a beautiful day so we decided to stay and hang out with her friends and the other moms at the playground.  O and two of her classmates wanted to play duck duck goose.  However, they seemed hesitant.  I told them I'd help get them started.  Secretly, I wanted to play too.  Who knew duck duck goose is as contagious as the stomach bug?  Before I knew it there were eleven kids and one adult (me) in our circle.  And who would've thought I would end up playing for more than thirty minutes?  It was so much fun!  I felt like my favorite PE teacher Peg Schultz! 

My child was the one who went around the circle seven times saying., "duck"! Only with lots of persuasion did she finally say "goose".  She was also the one that didn't get chosen for a good long time after that.  I wonder why? It’s like shopping with me – tiring.

When it was my turn, I changed it up a bit with lemon, lemon, lime and dinosaur, dinosaur, roar.  However, my take didn't hold a candle to what Johnny came up with: noodles, tomato, hamburger, pot.  (MMMM...somebody wants spaghetti for dinner.)  Every time he called out a new item the person who's head he touched jumped up.  I started to reinforce the rules and then held back as I realized that I was the only one confused.  All of the five year olds didn't mind one bit.  They just laughed and sat back down waiting for the next ingredient.  

My favorite was a girl named Ella who creatively came up with peanut butter, peanut butter, ketchup.  A few minutes after the game ended, a little boy came up to me with tears in his eyes and sadly said, "I didn't get to be the ducker!"  To which I replied, "Oh no.  I'm sorry Matthew.  Did I not tell you?  Kindergarten SUCKS!" (inner voice)