This weekend I took the boys to a Playland at a popular fast food restaurant. I was meeting a good friend of mine and we figured since her grandkids are older and her house is not crazy-proofed, that meeting at a play-place would be the smartest and most relaxing way to catch up. I was right...for a time.

As it got closer and closer to lunch more and more kids started coming. Kiki is fine in these places. Although he's small, he's quick and strong and can navigate his way around well. Boogs on the other hand is littler and new to the world of play structures.

So when a little boy (probably around 3) decided it was fun to block my Boogs while he was trying to go through the tunnel, I started feeling the anxiety. The helpless feeling you get when you know that your kids are 10 feet above your head and the only way to get to them is to climb through a maze of tunnels and mesh netting made for someone under four feet.
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