Crazed Ashes Child

One of Orin's new favorite activities is playing the game

"Ring Around the Roses" which he refers to as "Ashes."

Ever since I mistakenly taught him the game he has become

completely obsessed with it.

Now whenever someone comes over, the first thing he will do is

try to lure them into playing the game with him.

They inevitably fall for his tricks and play a couple rounds,

which in Orin's book means that they will play with him immediately

and for as long as he would like

every time they visit on subsequent occasions.

I swear he has a running record of victims.

Chris is on there. So am I.

But when all else fails, Orin is not above playing Ashes by himself.

After all, the game can go on forever if you never reach the

verse about how "we all fall down."

Who knew a seemingly harmless nursery rhyme

could do this to an otherwise normal child?