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What did the Kids do at the Pizza Party?

Hi. My name is Zoe Crane, and I’m going to tell you about what the kids did at the McCabes’ neighborhood pizza party.

At the party, we (the kids) were in the basement THE WHOLE TIME!!! We had a blast! First, we played hide~and~go~seek, and there were BILLIONS of good hiding places!

Then we played a game where everyone took a ping~pong paddle, and we tried to hit two ping~pong balls in a room that only had three curtains which had some stuff behind them on shelves, and the amount of space you had to walk in when you were between the curtain and the shelves was about two feet, and the ping~pong table was in the center of the room.

Then we played a game where one person was a monster, the lights were off, and the “monster” tried to scare the others by hiding behind the curtains and then jumping out and shouting, “AARGHH!”

Then we played a game called “Bloody Murder,” where there was a pillow that was the base, and one person was the murderer. The others would count to 50 while the “murderer” hid behind the curtains. Then, once the “murderer” was hidden, the others would walk around the curtains until the murderer jumped out, shouting, “Bloody murder!” Then the non-murderers ran back to the base, while the “murderer” chased them. Whoever was tagged, or got to the base last, was the next murderer.

Then we played “Froggy Murder,” where one person sat down with their eyes closed and a ping~pong ball in front of them. The rest would hide behind the curtains until the person with his/her eyes closed was ready. Then the hiding kids would come out of their hiding places and try to get the ping~pong ball without being heard. If they WERE heard, the person with his/her eyes closed would point at them, and they would have to go back to where they started. I have no idea why this game is called “Froggy Murder.”

We didn’t talk about any neighborhood plans.

THE END

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4 Responses to “What did the Kids do at the Pizza Party?”

  1. January 23rd, 2009 at 4:02 pm

    Julie Hathaway says:

    I thought the grownups had a good time at the party… until I read this. Next time I’m gonna hang out in the basement with the kids!

    Great post, Zoe!

  2. January 24th, 2009 at 7:27 am

    Jeff McCabe says:

    Thanks for the explainer Zoe. Now I know why in the short time I spent in the basement I was hit in the face with a ping pong ball and scared by a kid from behind a curtain.

    I just brought home a “home-made” movie screen for the basement. So pretty soon, we should be able to have neighborhood movie nights. Any ideas for the first few titles?

    Jeff McCabe

  3. January 24th, 2009 at 7:28 am

    Lisa Gottlieb says:

    Hey Zoe!
    This the best article I have read in a long time. Thanks for sharing the cool events going on in our basement that night!
    I think the froggy murder game sounds especially fun. Props to ya!
    Lisa

  4. January 25th, 2009 at 10:07 am

    Steve Hathaway says:

    Zoe, when you say “We didn’t talk about any neighborhood plans.” my first thought was you guys ARE the neighborhood plans!

    I think kids are the glue that pull different households together into a neighborhood. Grown ups get to meet each other when their kids connect, or because they want their kids to be safe (as in, not having cars zoom up and down streets) or to have fun things to do (having good playgrounds).

    So just keep playing–when you do, you do a lot for the neighborhood.

    (not a bad job to have, eh?)

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