I dug a lot of holes, too, Billy. And when I could get my hands on them (by age 11 this was easier), I buried firecrackers with the fuse sticking out of the little dirt pile and lit them. Got busted for this, too. I had a pyro guy cousin who was two years older, and we were always pursuing some sort of explosive back yard scheme involving dirt, holes, fires, loud noises, small vehicles and toy soldiers. This was the Vietnam era when vivid war images were on the news every night. Back in the stone ages when I was a kid, they sold firecrackers, smoke bombs, little rolls of cap-gun blasting caps, sparklers, and bottle rockets at toy stores year round, if you can believe that. By the mid-70s, there'd been enough kids who lost eyes and extremeties from those items that they stopped that. But it was fun while it lasted!
birdgirl73 Reviewed by birdgirl73 on . 5 y.o and 11 y.o So I'm going to my boyfriend's for the weekend to help watch his little sisters, who I've met once. We really hit it off but I didn't spend much time with them. One is 5 and she's VERY hyper and the other is 11 and the typical middle child, quiet but hiliarious. Does anyone have kids these ages and if so, what do you think would be fun for them to do? They really like video games (got that from their bro) but I wanna do more 'sisterly' things with them. Should I bring anything for them to play Rating: 5