Drama Llama Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 (edited) . . . Edited October 27, 2021 by BaseballandHockey 2 33 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 It made me giggle in the way that all those things little kids say do. When my kids say things like that when they are little it is more funny to me then offensive. I would probably laugh a bit when the child can't see me, but it wouldn't bug me especially if I knew I was bad. I would have a private conversation with the child and just tell them it isn't nice to point out if someone is bad at a game in front of everyone else. How doing that hurts people's feelings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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historically accurate Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Now, I want to know, just how bad are you at kickball?!? 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Sounds like good family fun. Enjoy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Your family does the coolest things! I love this idea! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Drama Llama Posted August 15, 2021 Author Share Posted August 15, 2021 I really was hoping that I’d have a good three months while the baby was worse than me. Sadly, apparently I overestimated my skills. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 I love the 'grandpa keeper' idea. That's great! We used to do something similar until I got very worried about the elders running and falling. We used a kickball and a plastic bat so it was a cross between the two sports. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Karen A Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Can I tell you how much I LOVE that you have family kickball games, and participation from multiple generations? What fun memories you are making. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Glad you added the last sentence, because I was gonna say, you really can't be offended by anything a 7yo says, LOL. How cute! My grandniece, then about 9 iirc, outright asked me why I decided to adopt brown babies. It was obvious she was totally innocent and just wondered if I had a reason. I love her so much. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 When a thread title is a question I'm always tempted to quickly post an answer without reading the op. I resisted posting: "Very! Very offended!" 😜 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 2 hours ago, BaseballandHockey said: We are having one last family kickball game (with lots of covid mitigation) before my oldest niece niece heads back to college. We have players from 7 to 90, including 5 players who are grandparents, 3 of them over 80. The “grandmas” picked the teams. My 7 year old niece has taken it upon herself to “childsplain” team picking to her cousin’s grandma and included this tidbit: “So the goal is to pick people who are good at kickball. If someone is bad at kickball you shouldn’t pick them. For example, don’t pick my brother (who is six weeks old) because he can’t catch (and is the same size as the ball, and is actually not playing) and you REALLY don’t want to pick Aunt Baseball&Hockey ‘cause she’s just bad.” Just to be clear, we have an elderly player siting in the outfield in a folding chair while my son is standing six feet in front of him playing the position of “Grandpakeeper” and protecting him from balls coming near, and yet somehow the baby and I are the only two bad enough to warrant a specific heads up. ETA: I am not actually offended. Just a silly title as I shared what I thought was a cute story to distract us from the covid worries for a moment. This is so fantastic! Buy in from multiple generations! Love it!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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