Climbing

 Yes, face paint has become a real thing in the last few days, first the knight and now stripes.  What can I say?  It's holidays!

Levi and I met up with some friends and went to the bike paths and playground today.  There are some jumps that the kids can ride over and some that are bigger still that they are not quite up to riding over.  Levi has progressed his riding now and is significantly more confident with the whole thing.  He is doing the small jumps without difficulty and doesn't cry when he falls off anymore!  Then Levi decided to climb the trees.  At least he did it in a helmet. 

I have times when I despair that the next generation will have any respect at all.  Well, except for my child of course, because he is perfect!  There was another couple of families there and it blew me away how those kids played.  They stood in the middle of the jumps so no one could use them.  When they were finished using their bikes or scooters they just left them in the middle of the pathway!  One of the boys about 10 or 11, threw a cup at a kid jumping a bike.  Had he hit him, the bike and the rider would have taken a huge tumble.  That we did react to and the thrower looked contrite and stopped.  My question though is where is his family?  Why did a stranger have to discipline her son doing an incredibly dangerous activity.  It is not like she wasn't standing there partially watching.  I am hoping that we were just witnesses to bad parenting, but there are times that I do despair about the state of the children!