======FUN AND GAMES======

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June 17, 2013

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Checkers – We played both regular checkers and give away checkers, which the winner was the one that got rid of their checkers first. 

Chess – My brother,  Charles liked to play chess, so he taught me how to play. 

War – We built forts from Lincoln logs and blocks on the living room floor.  Chess men were our people.  If any men were in sight we could shoot them and take them as our prisoners.  We spent many an hour playing war. 

Dolls - I played house with my dolls.  My brothers never did play with dolls or house with me.  

Color books - I always did like to color.  

Table tennis - We used our dining room table for playing table tennis or ping pong as we called it.  It didn't work too bad until the ball would hit in a crack from the  table leaves and go a different direction than expected.  An interesting observation...When my brother, George came back to Michigan  in May of 2007 and was in the nursing home, he would ask if they had ping pong, which they didn't.  When he came to our house  he would play in our basement with Micah Bush, his great nephew.  He did enjoy doing that.  He must have had fond memories of playing ping pong while growing up those many years ago.

Dominoes - We played Dominoes as a game and also used to line them up next to each other, so they would fall down in a row when one end was touched. 

Puzzles – I always like zigsaw puzzles.  We had a large puzzle of the United States.  It was a good way to learn the states and where they were located.     

Pick-Up-Sticks – This game was fun to do, but sometimes got hard to do.  It took a steady hand to get the sticks out from the other sticks without moving any other stick.  

Flinch – We played Flinch and also Muggins with the same cards. 

Chinese Checkers -  Also a fun game. 

Lincoln Logs – We built houses from the the Lincoln logs.   We would build barns and fences for our animals.  We used blocks and dominoes for these projects also. 

Paper Dolls – I liked to cut out and play with paper dolls. 

Jacks - Jacks were played with little metal jacks and a small ball.  The ball was thrown up and bounced one time while one jack was picked up until each one was picked up.  Then proceed to do the same as 2 jacks were picked up at a time. 

Note :  We got our first TV December of 1955. I helped my mother pay for the TV before I got married in February.  It was quite a treat to actually have one in our home.