Things I Learned Playing Sardines

"Mom!" The oldest yelled, "Have you heard of the game called 'Sardines'?"

I shook my head. She proceeded to read the directions to me- it's basically hide and seek, but the first person to find the 'hider' has to hide with them, and then the next, until all of the seekers are squished in that spot! Then, the last person to find them all is the 'hider' next time around. It was a hysterical and fun game, and I wanted to share a couple of things about it:

• There are very few places to hide in a double-wide manufactured home, especially when one owns so little furniture.
• My kids would not survive any sort of nuclear holocaust or end-of-the-world scenario. If they can't find their own mom and dad in a semi-darkened tiny bedroom on the third try, they're not going to be able to forage.
  
• Being stuck in a dark closet for ten minutes with your husband is a great excuse for a fast make-out session. Just sayin'...
• Five people do not fit under a queen-sized bed.
• Anything can be fun if you count backwards, in Spanish, upside down, or really, really loud!
  

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