To occupy their time they would create tunnels in the foot long grass on the empty block in their street.
They would make whirlpools in the small backyard pool by swimming around and around until the water was churning.
They would get out their swap cards and swap a pretty picture of a horse for a picture of a kitten.
They would play ‘don’t touch the ground’ in the lounge room jumping from chair to chair to table to chair.
They would play card games like Spit, Snap and Go Fish.
They would play knuckles and jacks, elastics and skippy.
A Velvet Verbosity 100 word challenge response. The prompt: occupy
I remember those days too. In so many ways, I think we had more fun back then.
ReplyDeleteLost childhood...mine and theirs. Time marches but I would prefer it to linger and dawdle. Thank you,
ReplyDeleteRobin
I remember doing all of those things. You made me feel so nostalgic and gave me a big smile.
ReplyDeleteawwww - now I wanna make a whirlpool!
ReplyDeleteThanks guys, yeah, there were heaps more that I'd written but then had to edit back.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the simplicity of this. Both the structure and the content behind it. Spit. . .how many hours did I kill with that one?
ReplyDeleteStella I love this. You say so much in your 100 words. I feel children are missing so much. Unless a toy plugs in or runs on batteries they don't want to know about it. They are missing so much fun.
ReplyDeleteI remember that childhood. Thanks for the reminder. :)
ReplyDeleteSeekingelevation- I know, Spit. I couldn't tell you how to play it now but it was excellent.
ReplyDeletehocam- thanks, yeah, I think we had it good. I especially used to love skipping and making whirlpools. Oh, and jacks, loved jacks.
Velvet- thank you for visiting. Love, love, love the 100 word challenge. Thanks for doing it. You get such amazing responses too.
Stella x