The other day when I visited mom she was looking at photos.
This one reminded her of the games her mother, Corona, taught them to play outside.
First, they used the steps to play 'Button, Button'.
They sat on the lowest step (first grade) and the 'teacher' passed a button secretly to one person.
Questions were asked and answered and they moved up the steps to second grade, third grade, etc.
They used the sidewalk to play a tag type game called 'Devil in the ditch'.
The devil had to stay on the sidewalk and the others stood on each side of the walk in the grass.
They tried to cross the sidewalk without being caught by the devil.
If caught, that person became the devil.
In the summer they played board games on the porch. The concrete floor and short side walls were cool in the hot weather and gave some relief from the heat in the days before air conditioning.
In the photo above mom, Helen, is the baby sitting in Corona's lap. Her twin brother John is sitting beside the puppy and big sister Bettye. The laughing boy is Kenton and the boy next to him is Joe.
This must have been in early 1926 since baby Helen and baby John are sitting up without assistance. A close look at Corona may hint that Becky is expected in a few months.
