Playing Mugs

"Let's play hide-and-I-read-my-book."

"Some bloke wants to know if we've carried out a thorough risk assessment?"

'Disgusting! We don't go playing in their toilet!'

'I must be getting good, because my Dad told me to go play for the neighbours!'

'The batteries must be dead.'

"Can Eddie come out and throw his goddam back out?"

'Do I use the slide or the merry-go-round? I haven't even touched the swings. I don't know. I DON'T KNOW.'

'Swing? We'll drop our phones!'

'They're a lot safer when they have this foam insulation on, plus...'

'Bridges falling down, killer pumpkin eaters...'

"It's not icky - it's tactile."

Children with fingers in dam at Amsterdam day care center

"By the time I develop a true understanding of sand, I'll probably be forced into some sort of organized sports."

"Forward and backward, not up and down!"

'Oh,oh, Regina has her lawyer with her.'

"You can't come out and play because you have to tidy your room? Man, it's time you cut the apron strings."

'It was horrible Doctor!! One minute we were playing on the teeter totter and the next he was gone!!'

"No! Don't jump in that muddy puddle! You haven't got your best clothes on!"

"Can Johnny come out to eat?"

Tortoises Playing.

Girl to girl: 'A friend is someone you don't have to call dibs with.'

Warning! These games are real. Children may get out of breath or even lose weight.

'Between the school assignments, sports classes, and dance lessons, I hardly have any time to spend with my dolls.'

'It's a part of my childhood. After years of neglect, I've decided to recapture it.'

'Between going to school, doing my homework, taking piano lessons, and watching TV I'm too busy to spend quality time with my doll.'

'You must all promise never to divulge what you are about to see.'

'You expect me to play with educational toys during SUMMER VACATION?'

'My correspondence course has arrived. In mud pie making.'

'It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.'

'Hey, we live in times of emanzipation and equality! Of course it's okay for a boy to play with dolls! Why do you ask?!

'All right, who broketh the window!'

Pet owner struggles

Giant train on a boy's train set.

"I'm busy this afternoon, but I can crayon you in for Saturday."

'That's the last time I ask you to tie my shoe laces!'