Dibble-Dabble

Today was another day spent outside watching the girls and their friends in the pool. It has been so warm here. The fires from Northern California are huge and the smoke from them has blown several hundred miles to Southern Oregon. It looks like we are in LA because of the haze. We are lucky that we don't have any fires close to home. I am sure they will come. As the kids were swimming, they wanted to play a game. The game to play is 'Dibble-Dabble'. I am sure you have never heard of it. My brother-in-law's family made it up over 20 years ago. Let me give a quick summary. One person has the dibble-dabble, while everyone else is out of the pool and backs turned. The person dives in and drops the dibble-dabble somewhere in the pool and quickly gets out. As soon as they are completely out, everyone turns around the tries to locate the dibble-dabble. The first one to grab it and yell "Dibble-Dabble" wins. The first one to 5 wins. You may not dunk or push anyone to get to the dibble-dabble. The only way to get try to keep someone else from winning is to splash like crazy and try to move it away from anyone. It gets loud and crazy. Our game today was a little less crazy because we were only playing with 7 kids. When you get 10 people and adults, (they are the worst) it is insane! Oh, you may ask what is the dibble-dabble? This is the most important part. It is a small piece, usually around 1-2 inches, of sky-blue colored pencil. It is so hard to find in the water! Such a fun game. The overall winner today was....Camille! She was so proud of herself! This particular pool game has become a legend around here. Kids are always asking to come over and play dibble-dabble! Just another day in our insane home!