Growing up in the early part of the 1900's was such a simple time of life. No, we didn't have a pile of Nintendo's or other T.V. games or things that most kids of today think they have to have! We played games!! Tag, Kick the Can, Hopscotch, Hide and Seek, Jump Rope,etc. How many of you older readers remember those games? Those were the "outdoor" games and of course, what boy didn't have a pocketful of Marbles to play Marbles with his friends?
We had real fun, running, yelling,and of course once in awhile ("you cheated! You watched where I was hiding!" ) or some other accusation. But it was all in fun and we could in the summer months get out of the house after supper (as it was called in those days, dinner now!) and we would play till dark! There were so many places to hide when playing Hide and Seek!!! The houses weren't practically touching each other! We had big yards! I myself loved to Jump Rope! I know you, that is, many of you know how to Jump Rope! And you could get pretty fancy at it, like trying to jump over two ropes almost weaving! Another game I liked was Hop-scotch. This you drew a bunch of squares in a certain form and then you had to have a stone or something that was "yours" and you could not hop into any square that your partner/partners were occupying and if you made it all the way to the end of the hop-scotch figure without of course not stepping on any lines and hoping all the way, you could then move your game piece, (rock or whatever), up snother square. I can't remember all there was to it now but we could play a game of hop-scotch for hours. Tag or Hide and seek, Kick the can, Run, Sheep Run were played by getting all the kids in the neighborhood involved. We looked forward to our games in the Summer evenings. Usually our parents would be sitting on a "front porch" (Heaven forbid,these days!) but some of the other parents would gather with your parents and I guess maybe they were there to referee to make sure (all was fair in love and war!) 
In the winter we played checkers, chess, if you were more advanced, Dominoes,and there was all kinds of card games, "Old Maid", Go Fish", "Rummy", "Hearts" etc. They went on and on!!!! Such a simple, easy way to live and have fun! And it didn't cost a pile of money! When I think or read about some of the games the kids of today "have to have", I just shudder!!!! And most of the games are just sitting infront of a game board on T.V. or on a couch,etc. No wonder today that they are becoming "couch potatoes!" Hope you enjoy this! I'm not against having fun, but come on guys! Why put your bucks in all that stuff???
