all ages, all genders, all comers kickball
we brought
the shades
the kids
the headbands
the colors
the kicks
the neighbors
the knee socks
the diapers
the power
can’t touch this
time for a rematch
bring it
—
the playing adult steps sideward into another reality;
the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery.
~ erik h. erikson
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I didn't have my glasses on.... 
I remember how seriously we used to take playground kickball in elementary school, Beth. I couldn’t believe it a decade ago when I discovered they’d started adult leagues in Syracuse! I haven’t signed up. I fear pulled muscles at this point. My kicker is out of tone. And tune. I love the idea of your colorful, all-ages, neighborhood pickup game. Play ball!
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exactly, mark. and now it is just pure fun, though there are some who are still competitive, but i find it hard to take kickball too seriously. get back in the game as soon as you are able, mark!
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Kickball? Like football? Nice colourful group there :-) x
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jen – umm, no. it’s a big, red rubber ball, there is a pitcher and fielders and you run along the bases, once you’ve kicked the ball. kind of like american baseball, and so fun )
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Liking the shades and headbands. It looks like you had fun!
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yep, the outfits definitely helped. thanks, lundy –
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So true! I love kickball!
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me too. we should all play together sometime, roy. get susie and don involved too, and pets are welcome of course )
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Yes!
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If I saw those knee socks coming I’d run for cover. The colors could only be from a breach in the the space-time continuum and our only hope would be to out run it.
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all part of the strategy, paul – to throw our opponents for a loop and put them in a tizzy. sometimes it works )
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I fear my layers are fat layers, but I digress………
Hanging around kids is so much fun for me. It helps me reconnect with the way they see the world, and I prefer the way they see it so much of the time.
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yes, they have such a great perspective )
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Cool verse sandwiched between to fun quotes!
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thanks, jules )
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excuse me while i put some layers on
and get decent :-)
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hah! )
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Great photo! It radiates fun. As for the Harrelson quote, I have very few layers covering my inner child.
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thanks, pied and me too )
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FUN!!!
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thanks )
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Sweet blog. Thanks for liking my guest post on Life in the Boomer Lane about retirement and transitions. That toilet looks sad :)
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thanks so much deb, and my pleasure ) beth
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I can’t walk past a ball without giving it a kick, or stopping to watch something wonderful happening beth. The inner child still needs nourishing.
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i had a feeling that you were like that, laurie )
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That’s me, a big kid. :-)
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How quickly we can revert to childhood!
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absolutely, tric and lucky for us )
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from picture, to listing poem, to capping quote and theme–10!! :) (like in the OlympiX)
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thank you so much, and i will treasure my ’10’.
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I loved kickball, Beth! I haven’t played it in years! I actually have a green rubber ball which we have used to pretend it is a soccer ball, for the little ones whose feet get ‘hurt’ on the hard soccer ball my youngest daughter left behind. I remember those days, you all look like you walked out of the 80’s with such colorful and typical ‘old style’ head gear! Loved this post, my friend!
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thanks, robin and kickball is so fun at all ages )
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Glad you pointed this out, I will have to now teach them when I am in my son’s big back yard, that has fences to prevent the ball from going too far! cutest gathering of family ever!
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have fun, robin!
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Beth … Kickball is probably one of the few sports I enjoyed as a child even though I had problems with depth perception. It was fun.
Your quote makes me think of the movie, “Big.” We, as adults, really are children with layers on. The layers might be clothing to keep us warm, or experience to protect us from harm. Cool!
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i agree, judy and i’m not coordinated at all, but it is a sport that most anyone can play. yes, about the layers – i do think they are a level of self-protection we take on as adults to save us from hurt and harm and worry about what could happen. play is a great leveler.
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