Games.

When I was young we did not have a lot af toy's. In Holland in the thirty's there was also a depression. We did a lot of pretending.We had some marbles and made up games. We made in the hard dirt a hole the size of a cup and rounded it and made it smooth.Then we stood about 3 or 4 feet away from the hole and then trying to get the marbles in the hole. If you got 10 marbles in the hole you won.We also played jump rope. Alone our with more friends. A nice game was "Hinken". You draw a square of a foot size,then 2 more above it. Then two squares next to one a other above it. Above that a one square in the middle and then two above that.Then with a block of wood you hink, "what means hopping on one leg"the wood from one square to the other. If you touch the ground with the other leg you are out. How simple, but a lot of fun.You can play alone our with friends and take turns. We where also not as smart as the children now. Our parents kept a lot from us. If you ask a question and they did not know how to tell you, they said you will find out later. When you found out later you where to embarrasd to talk to them about it. I think it is so great to see parents open with their children.