Lessons I learned From The Suburban Hunger Games

On the 4th of July, we were at a party. At the party someone, not sure who, decided we should play a version on the hunger games right there in the backyard.
It is funny, what you can learn about people from such an experience...
1. No matter what plan you have, it is sure to fall apart.
2. Some kids are guns, some ammo, never both. You either end up with a bunch of ammo and no gun or a gun and no ammo- I'm serious, I witnessed it.
3. When girls talk boys listen.
4. When girls yell, boys do not hear a word.
5. Girls are planners by nature, that is the way God made them to be.
6. Boys are not.
7.Boys run as fast as they can for no reason at nothing. Girls tiptoe quietly past, then they go for the kill.
8. I do not care if you have the nicest child in the world, if you put a bunch of Nerf guns in the grass and yell go, your child will turn nasty.
9. Kids listen to directions.
10. Kids do not follow directions.
11. Someone always wins.
12. Someone always loses.
13. Someone always complains they were wronged either way.
14. Someone always cheated.
15. Some games are better left for books- don't expect a Quidditch match in my backyard anytime soon...