February 02, 2005

Early Childhood: The R-Rated Version

The Governor and I started a new session of our Early Childhood Class today. Most of the people enrolled are repeats from last session, but a few new faces graced the playroom. And new faces mean another round of silly Get-To-Know-Each-Other games.

Today, when the parents split off from the kids, we had to play some sort of BINGO equivalent. We got a piece of paper with twelve squares; each square had a brief description in it, and we had to find someone in the room to match the description.

Someone who went on vacation last year.

Someone who has a budget and sticks to it.

Someone who works outside the home.

Someone who enjoys staying home.

Someone who tries to eat healthy.

You get the idea. The game served its purpose. We all had to get up out of our chairs (to my chagrin) and actually go talk to each other. But I couldn't help thinking that if we REALLY wanted to get to know each other...the squares should have been filled with descriptions like
Someone with a lot of credit card debt.

Someone who didn't put out for their spouse last weekend.

Someone who fed their kids hot dogs three nights in a row.

Someone who regularly steals office supplies.

Someone who had to have friends tell her what she did at the party because she doesn't remember anything after the body shots.

Now those are some folks I'd be willing to get out of my chair to get to know better.

Posted by Cathy at February 2, 2005 02:48 PM
Comments

Just recently started reading your blog. You do some great stuff! You remind me of another writer I knew -- someone with the knack for spotting the minor detail that brings a piece alive. It's an ability I envy.

Posted by: Craig Westover at February 2, 2005 05:49 PM

Thank you, Craig!

Posted by: Cathy at February 2, 2005 06:24 PM

They should put you in charge of the party games!

Posted by: yayaempress at February 3, 2005 12:33 PM

Guess what? I played the same bingo game this week at ECFE. And what did we learn? Our group is a bunch of non-pregnant, non-athletic, cat haters. Oh what interesting lives we lead.

Which class/topic are you taking?

Elle

Posted by: Ellen at February 4, 2005 08:47 PM

Hi Ellen!

The Gov and I are taking a "Twos and Threes Together" class. I've been enrolled in ECFE classes since The Senator was about 18 months. I think this will make it 5 years of classes. And 5 years of the same games!

Posted by: Cathy at February 7, 2005 07:57 AM