Ahhhh yessssssss...that depressing tune of Madonna’s that accompanied A League of Their Own.  My recent play date in Redbank lead me to such a song.  On Saturday evening, my siblings, Jada, and I (minus the big bro in TX) gathered and played “tennis”.  Now I use the term tennis very loosely - hence the quotation marks.  My tennis skills are set somewhere in the vicinity of -45.  Yes, I suck.  Terribly.  Daniel and Mary have got game though.  My main challenge is keeping the ball in the boundary lines.  It reminded me that I am not athletic AT ALL.  We had a blast though.  And now for the playground tie-in: after tennis, I proceeded to the playground where Raven and her friend were playing.  I can tell you that kids today have it M-A-D-E.  This playground was fantastical.  It had a bar with a handle that took you from one side to the other (imagine me holding on and pulling my knees to my chest while singing the MacGyver themesong).  It was a friggin’ blast.  Then I went down two awesome slides.  One was a twirly one so there was some major static buildup. 

I finally coerced Daniel, Mary, and Jada to join me on the playground.  Our excitement got the other kids on the playground excited and soon it was a playground frenzy.  I think we showed those kids how to have some real fun!  We had slide races and a balance-off to see who could stay on a shaky wooden-thingy the longest.  One child, dubbed Spider-Man, was working out his balance issues barefoot.  Good times, I tell ya!  So, visit your local playground ASAP and have some fun!