Summer playtime for big kids

I played rounders yesterday with a group of friends that are big kids just like me.  Despite not having played the game since we were all about nine, we loved it: the thrill of running in the sunshine, the boys' delight in the inability of girls to catch a ball, the cut-throat competitiveness between boys and girls teams -- it was exactly like the summer PE classes of old. Probably two decades have passed since most of us last picked up a rounders bat, but it was so much fun. After one game, in which the girls team was beaten by an unchivalrous boys team, we all collapsed: nine year olds have more endurance it seems in this particular sport. We returned to our picnic blankets where our babies were busy with their own games -- but I know who got a bigger kick out of this afternoon of play in the park.