I am not huge on kids. I don't mind them, and I tend to be fond of the ones (not all) that I am related to.

But I love people that are really into kids and spend the time actively parenting. I mean that with all my respect.

But... there is this schoolground near my house that is being rejuvenated, and it is just amazing. They added a hill with a flat top to it, lots of trees, bushes, a community garden. All sorts of great things. Already I see it being used in the evenings by families, and lots of kids playing there independently.

They jsut added the last phase, which was patterned colored gravel to it... shapes, colors, sizes, etc. that supposedly will stimulate those young minds.

And tonight I went by and thought I would stop as I saw these 4 kids, 2 girls and 2 boys playing, probably between 7-10 years of age... and they looked to be having a great time.

I got closer and realized the new stones were indeed a great hit with the kids, and they were indeed being stimmed... with all the options available to them, and many of them very novel items, they had opted to spend the evening throwing handfuls of rocks at each other.

*meh* kids... whatcha gonna do?

Bruce