We recently discovered our mutual love for swinging so we decided to set aside weekly swinging time in Riverside at 116. WAY BETTER than the 113 swings. But don't get any ideas about using them, there are enough kids to compete with for a spot. Our first time these other kids actually added to the experience--there isn't a picture but we owe half of the fun to watching a baby blob all his baby self to the front of the "chasity belt" swing seat and then kick his little baby legs when he wasn't going fast enough. The second time a mom stared us down as if there is some sort of time limit on the playground (which there isn't, unless you count the 15 min sign we are going to bring from now on to get other kids off ). The third time all these kids were hogging the equipment and we felt we could NOT in fact bully THEM off. The worst part was they were not really doing any any swinging at all, just kind of sitting in a way that can be done on a bench or somewhere NOT the 2 adult sized swings we were waiting our turn to use. We might or might not have offended some parents because of the profanity that ensued from all of this waiting and frustration and double standards and little kid preferential treatment. The day wasn't a total loss though, we found a winner of a kid playing in a little fountain and if we weren't freaking people out enough, took a picture or two (sorry if his mom is reading this).
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