Sunday game night.

Here's a big shout out to my kids for last nights fun evening. We try to play games each Sunday night after dinner and last night was no exception. We had a few 'guests' with us - Stacy, Jordan and Brandon - an especially big shout out to them for hanging in there with us. And here are the games we played. First of all, Druther's. It is a game where you draw a card, read the scenario and then read the 4 answers on the card. Here are sample questions.... Please click to enlarge..... Each person playing has a set of 1-4 cards...(really 5, but we don't play that way). We all have to guess what the reader chose out of the 4 possible answers and if we match we get points. Our poor guests, unfortunately (maybe fortunately is the right thinking), don't know everyone in our family that well, so it was just a stab in the dark for them. Stacy did pretty well though. Congrats to her. Kevin won. I think he only missed two questions and then he had the nerve to challenge the people on whose question he missed. I think I heard the word liar a few times. Big no-no at the DeWitt home. Especially on Sunday.

Our next game was Blind-mans Bluff. We can not leave the living room area, although with a few extra people we added part of the dining room as part of the playing field. Our big rule is that once you touch you may NOT move your hand to 'feel' the person of whom you're guessing. So wherever your hand lands it must stay there. We forewarned everyone to be sure to use 'shields' in certain body areas if they felt the need to do so. I think everyone was It at least once.

Next we played the thimble game. I know that's not what most of you call it, but it's where we all sit in the living room and the 'It' person picks a subject/object, like a color, shape, movie, cereal, etc., and we have to go around as try NOT to guess it. If you say the item or repeat something that has already been said, you get the water from the thimble thrown in your face. We have tried all different things to hold the water and over the years have come down to a squirt bottle. You can only squirt the guesser one time. Legally. Sometimes our fingers slip and 2 or 3 squirts come out like, in rapid succession. It's crazy.

We also played Signs. Our poor guests. They hung around through all this silliness. True friendship is proven by how long you hang out at the DeWitt game night- Especially NOT knowing half the games we played AND the occasional new DeWitt rule that they might have to learn. So with Signs, we sit around in the living room and each of us has a 'sign' that we have. Doug has the flick off the chin sign, Katy is the gun sign, Shannon, the side of the nose touch, etc. One person is again "IT" and stands in the middle of the circle - covers his eyes counting to 10. During this time one person starts the signage (?). He has to do his sign and then someone else's. The second person has to 'accept' their sign and then do another person's sign. On and on. The person in the middle tries to catch the person with the sign that has not passed it off yet. It is easier to learn by doing than by telling. So if you're ever around our home on a Sunday evening, be ready to learn Signs. Here are a few signs that some of us used.

Jason's, Brandon's, Stacy's, and mine... Kids - are you surprise I found my sign online? Yeah, you all were teasing me, but now you'll have to think twice before you jest.

Lastly, we played Sardines. Indoors. Here, we turn off every light in the house - sometimes we even have to unplug radio's, toasters, any thing that has a soft cast to it. All but one person stands outside and counts to 30. The 'IT' person hides somewhere in the house and then everyone else comes in and, in the dark has to feel around the house for them. When you find the person, you join him in his hiding spot. By the time everyone has found 'IT', you are all smashed together like sardines - thus the name of the game.

Once again, Dad and I thank you for letting us be silly and playing with you when you probably wished we old folks had been in bed by game time. Love you all and missed those not here!