Telephone Games

My little girls used sewing needles, thumb tacks (?) and string to create their very own telephones out of plastic cups.  Since they share a bunk bed, they desired to lay in bed at night and talk through these stringed cups....instead of just talking.

They were being just too cute for me to point out how much easier it is for them to talk with normal voices at each other instead of using these telephone cups that actually muffle instead of amplify their voices.

Pleased that a full day of fun crafts and problem solving occupied the girls, I pondered what the telephone game will mean for them later in life.  I mean, when the rest of us play it, some words are meant to actually pass down the line of people.

A phrase like, "Ally alligators ate eleven avocados in the afternoon," might come out as, "Ali's alligators ate seven avocados on the boom."

But my girls might in fact miss the whole point of the game. Will they be confused and just repeat random speech from their own telephone game from their youth? Will "Ally alligators ate eleven avocados in the afternoon" turn into "Let's see if mom sees us sneak out of our room to go grab some cookies?" Their team might be just a tad upset at them.

If that is how they play the game in the future, I want to witness the scene.  I want to hear their adorable confusion and chuckle at the memory of their attempted "secret" phone line.