The Zig Zag Pattern

This is Caleb in his frog rain boots, his frog pjs, his frog helmet, his frog tricycle that is way too small, and his frog horn. Ahhh the joys of childhood!

I went to pick up Caleb early from his new preschool (because I can't stand to leave him there the full time...which is another issue I will blog about another time!) and got to watch him playing duck duck goose in the gym. All the kids were in a neat little circle and all of them were doing the right thing-duck, duck, goose- and running in a small little circle and sitting at their seat.

Now, I know my son well enough to know he was not going to be doing anything in a neat little circle, but what I saw was surpising, even to me.

When it was Caleb's turn he said duck, duck, duck, duck, and on and on until his teacher forced him to say goose. So when he finally did say goose he took off screaming at the top of his lungs running in a zig zag pattern all around the gym and finally collapsed in hysterical laughter all the way across the room. The kid who was suppose to be chasing him was just staring in awe, open mouthed, in the same spot he was tagged goose. Caleb was laughing so hard at himself that he was rolling on the floor totally ignoring reality. Personally, I think the shock and awe technique is very effective when playing competitive games...