The Playground of Youth

There is a little park in Chattanooga, Tennessee that we found while waiting for our departure on The Southern Belle Riverboat. It is the strangest thing though, it seems that none of the children were playing because, well, all the adults had taken over. Just have a look for yourselves and see if you see the strange phenomenon that I saw....


This seems to be the dad that started it all. I remember seeing him give his wife "the look". You know the one, "Ha, honey, watch this. Here, hold the camera...."

It did not stop there....

See, next thing you know, something came over grandma's eyes. It was like a gleam. Like someone had switched on a light switch....

This is a mom from a different family. She just started playing...

Here again...it is just strange. Do you see any children playing?

Now, is she going to scale OVER the wall?! Grandma, I don't think that is what they want you to do...

Look! Another dad!

Dad? Where is your child?

Another grandmother?! This place is magical!

Oh no, it's another one...

Grandma just had to bring her in on the cult that is the Playground of Youth...

Whoa!...

Tsk, tsk, tsk...

Oh, Wade, no, step away from the light....
Waaaaade!!! Come back!!!!

Okay, I give, I wanna play!...

Malia

Summer Vacation Part 1

As part of our summer vacation we went as a family on a Riverboat Cruise. Little did we know, Jackson is afraid of boats. Who knew?


Jackson absolutely REFUSING to get on the boat. We even tried to pull him onto the boat. Did you know they could use him as an anchor for the boat because the kid has lead for bones. Didn't budge.


I finally talked to the captain of the boat and got Jackson a life jacket. He finally agreed to get on the boat.


I begged Jackson to smile for this pictue. Notice the life jacket. We were at the top of the boat and had not started moving yet. He still was not liking it.


One more picture please Jackson. The jacket is still there.

Now, before you know it, that Jackson, he was having fun. He was noticing the blue Herons, the mountains, the other boats. He could see the aquarium from the river. The boat would toot it's horn. He realized, "hey, maybe this boat is not going to sink after all."


Hey Grandma, I love this boat! Can we go again?!



Malia