Does this stuff happen to anyone else!?

The weather has been fantastic lately…we have found ourselves going for walks and going to the park.  Ryan took the kids to a new park the other day{without me and with his dad} He said Riley and Tate had a lot of fun…so I decided that I would take the kids to that same park today.  I take the kids to the park by myself all the time, so it's not a big deal right?  Well, there are several differences between this "new" park and our "regular" park.

1. the "new" park is more   s p r e a d   out and much bigger than our "regular" park
2. there is a big kids side and a little kids side
3. the "new" park is right next to a road…our "regular" park is amongst several softball fields.

All of these new things made me a little nervous being there with no help, but we had the park to ourselves, so we tried it anyway.
We parked the van, Riley jumped out and immediately ran to the big kids side…I unloaded Tate who immediately ran to the little kids side…then I unloaded Blakely (she stayed in her car seat).  I sat at a bench with Blakely on the little kids side with Tate, carefully watching Riley from afar.  I was glad I dressed Riley in red…he was easy to see out of the corner of my eye.  Everything was going fine until…RECESS?????? I saw a line of what seemed like a hundred BLONDE-HARIED children dressed in RED.  I thought "certainly this isn't a playground for school…there aren't any schools around"  Then a second line of kids came marching down the sidewalk. It was like a swarm of bees around a hive and I was trying to keep an eye on ONE bee.  After I got over my mini-panic, I managed to spot Riley out.  However, while I was searching for Waldo, Tate decided to fill Blakely's carseat with wood chips, which now left me with a screaming baby.  After about 10 minutes of trying to calm Blakely down, spotting Riley and containing Tate…I decided…this sucks…we're leaving.  I spotted Riley and saw he was playing, so I took Blakely and Tate to the van (which was steps away)  After I got them strapped in I went to get Riley…………………………..gone.  In fact, most of the kids were gone.  Then I noticed a line of Blonde-Haired-Red dressed children lined up walking back to school…..and guess who was tailing that line…my little clone.  So I ran across the playground and grabbed Riley's hand…the Teacher looked back at me and I said "this one came with me"  and she said "oh my I didn't even notice!"

I think we will stick with our old park…
Although this is pretty cute, Tate apparently can do this by himself?  I was unaware that he was this brave.