Anyway, one of my favorite neighbors, MaryKay, put together a hilarious game where kids had to try to put frozen wet t-shirts on as quickly as possible. Some pictures from those attempts:
But nothing beats this video of Joey scoring the t-shirt with the frozen bananas stuck to his shirt. A classic moment for block party lore.
So thanks MaryKay and Deb (block party chair) for reversing my stance on these events. I've learned my lesson:
Less dead pig, more frozen bananas.
OK, that T-shirt idea is AWESOME! I totally need to try that.
ReplyDeleteThe kids LOVED it!
DeleteGENIUS. Stealing that! Too bad my kids were both born in the winter.
ReplyDeleteThat could add a whole new twist to a winterized version of the game....
DeleteThis would be cool for the teacher team-building thing.
ReplyDeleteOh, please take pics, Kirb!
DeleteI can't imagine trying to frozen T-shirts on. That must have been funny to watch. Again, I want to move to your neighborhood. Any houses for sale?
ReplyDeleteFor you, absolutely! I'll find one!
DeleteWe've done the frozen T-shirt thing before and it was a blast. I think we might try it again, I had forgotten about that!
ReplyDeleteLike tonight at dinner? You always were ahead of the game, Crack! (:
DeleteIf you had that giant bigger-than-my-house- inflatable-water-slide you would have been the block party star!
ReplyDeleteBut it's good to know that frozen t-shirts and an bananas can be a popular block party water slide alternative ...
:)
Linda
Inflatable water slide? Shhh. Let's just keep that between us, shall we?
DeleteNever heard of the frozen t-shirt thing. Looks more fun than water balloons. I think it's so nice that you have a block party to begin with. no one in my neighborhood even knows anybody else. Everybody works all day...not a lot of young kids.
ReplyDeleteMare - I gotta be honest. In a few years from now, a quiet block sounds grand. Grass is always greener, right? Thanks for visiting!
DeleteLove the frozen t-shirt game. That is hilarious. Also, you are kind of my hero for letting me know my word verification for comments was on. I loathe those things and had no clue mine was enabled. Ha!
ReplyDeleteDestroying word verification, one blog at a time. (:
DeleteMaybe I should just freeze all of the tshirts for the first day of school. A 15 year old boy and a 12 year old girl would loooooooove that, no?
ReplyDeleteHope he didn't have to wear the bananas too!
I was the last one to realize they were stuck to his shirt! You can hear my neighbor pointing it out: "Mar, there are bananas stuck." Duh. I think a frozen shirt contest would be PERFECT for the first day of school. Video please.
DeleteWhat a cute idea! I’ve never heard of the frozen T-shirt game for kids. Very clever. And the stuck-on frozen bananas were hilarious! It’s great that was caught on video. This makes me wish my daughter was little again. :D
ReplyDeleteI've got clever neighbors. They were also the ones who figured out the stuck bananas way before yours truly. I'm so s-m-r-t.
DeleteNew Idea for Birthday Parties. See, I always tell my husband that my online time is 'learning' time ;)
ReplyDeleteBlogs are practically today's Funk & Wangalls.
DeleteThanks, James!
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