Duck, Duck, GOOSE!

Today, I thought I would be the fun one and play a game with my kiddos.
It was the end of the day and we were already getting bored with all of the hundreds of toys in our room.
I suggested we played duck, duck, goose.
14 wide eyes looked up at me and S asked "What's THAT?!?"
Thinking I'm the coolest teacher ever I sat my kids down in a circle on the group time rug.
I explained to them the simple rules of duck, duck, goose.
I then told them I would go first so they can understand what to do.

"duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, GOOSE!"

As soon as I said the word goose 7 kids shot up into the air, started screaming, twirled around in a circle, and sat back down, in their same spot, and stared at me, wide eyed, again. "That was fun!" exclaimed A

"No, wait! That's not how you really play" as I frantically try to re-explain the rules.
"Ok, so who understands how to really play?"
S raised her hand so fast!

As S walked around the circle she began "duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, . . . . "

By the time she was on her third time around the circle I gently reminded her to say the word "goose. . ."
6 kids shot up into the air, started screaming, twirled around in a circle, and sat back down, in their same spot, staring at me, wide eyed.

By my 5th attempt to play duck, duck, goose, the game just turned into the kids waiting for me to yell GOOSE and we would jump up, scream, twirl in place, and then laugh at our silly selves.