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With school starting in just a week, our days and NIGHTS have been packed with fun.  The kids are trying to squeeze every last drop of fun out of summer vacation.  We have been playing a night game called "oo7".

This group of boys shows up on our driveway about 8:30 and begs for drivers. 

Travis laying out the rules.

These are the rules & the way you play.

1. establish a perimeter
2. pair off into groups and you CAN'T split from your partner/group
3. establish the destination and remind everyone of the rules
4. we load everyone up in the suburban and take them to a start location, then you remind them again to be safe & obey the rules (don't hide under cars or in the back of trucks, don't go in any backyards, etc. etc.) You can play with 2 cars looking at once and it is actually easier this way you just have to find 2 other parents that want to spend their night hunting down boys.
5. give the boys a 3 minute head start and then start hunting them down with a spotlight
6. they have to make it to the destination without getting caught by us
7. if we catch them in our spotlight or by calling out their name they have to come get in the car with us until all the boys are either with us or at the destination

That is basically how we play.  We usually play 3 or 4 rounds a night.  And I am telling you afterwards we have some extremely gross sweaty boys.  Nights around here are hot and muggy!  The last few times we played it was about 95 with 85% humidity. Yuck!  The kids LOVE it!