I remembered one more thing from today. Sometime after I left for college/mission etc, dad and my little brother cooked up a bizarre game they called Spider. To some wackjob from CPS it probably would have been abuse, but they both enjoyed it. Dad would hang out on the sofa and David would be over near the stairs. Dad would have some kind of ball and the object of the game was to hit David with it. David would run between the stairs and the entryway attempting to avoid getting drilled. Abbey the dumb fat dog seemed to get into this game as well at times.
I bring this up because this is now one of Cole's favorite games. He especially enjoys that I can throw the ball at him in the loft from over near his room (over the downstairs living room).
As Maryanne pointed out tonight, I could now complete the parallel by painting "Cole" on the wall while repainting and still have it visible ten years later despite several attempts to cover it up. For those who haven't seen it, the letters were about 4" wide and 2' tall. It was not small. But it is still funny. - Dad, is it still visible? Maybe you can take a picture and I can post it on here.
And Mom gets here on Tuesday. I'm excited for her to visit!
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That would have been Bo back then. Abby didn't come along until 2001, and I don't think we were playing spider then.
And, we probably started when David was three or four--1992 or 1993.
Sure, you started then, but I remember it from long after that. We'll have to discuss further, maybe in one of the group emails we do about once a month and figure out when the game was played. So you started when he was 3 or 4, do you still play occasionally? :)
Can you get a picture of the wall? I recall seeing one somewhere.
I thought it was finally painted over. But I think I do remember seeing a photo of it once. I don't know when the playing of the game stopped but it seems like it went at least until I graduated from HS.
Have fun this week!
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