Tuesday – Fountain at Market Street

[ninanevermore]

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If anyone was wondering about the girl at the fountain who had the audacity to stand to close to me and earn the contempt of my son, here she is, playing with the man whose mommy she tried to steal.




Can't you tell she's a troublemaker just by looking at her?

Using the flash on my camera captured better images of the kids, such as here:



But not using it captured the feel of the fountain better, and made the pictures a little more magical. Even the out of focus blur was more realiastic, because children at play don't sit still.



Needless to say, everyone in that picture is up past their bedtime.



At once point, my son came over and announced that he was tired.

"Are you ready to go home?" I asked him.

"No," he said, "Let's take a nap here."



Assuming we could get away with camping on the greens, I could see how it might be an appealing idea for a 3 year old.



There is an ice cream shop on Market Street, so we could eat all our meals there.



There is also a bookstore, so we could go there when we needed to read stories before bedtime (and it's open late, too).



We could play in the fountain all day, and enjoy the company of all the playmates we would ever need in it's waters. It's hard to imagine a better life. On the other hand, his father would probably miss us after while, and he's too cranky about things like sleeping on the ground.

"We can't stay here," I told him, "We have to go home. We can come back another time."

"Tomorrow?" he asked, "That could be great idea!"

A great idea is a great idea, even when it's not doable. "Soon," I told him, and wrapped him in a towel to stop him from shivering in the cool evening breeze.

He sighed, and took my hand to walk back to the car.



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Comments

[1smart1.livejournal.com]

What a fantastically fun place!! We'll bring our tent. We can be neighbors. That's a good idea!

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

Provided we don't get thrown out. Market Street is kind of like an artificial down town for a master planned community. The buildings are all 4 years old, but they are made to look like they are 100. The fountain is surrounded by upscale shops and restaurants (including a 5 star one), and a movie theater that looks old on the outside but is a modern multiplex on the inside. The Cynthia Woods Michel Pavilion, an open-air venue where all the major concerts play when they come to Houston, is right across the street, so you can listen to the concerts for free while the kids play.

All it lacks is housing, but there is a very nice hotel close by...

[jenelycam.livejournal.com]

What a cool place to be!! I want to play in those fountains!!

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

Come on down, then! There are no rules posted saying how old you have to be. While it's mostly small kids, there were teen-aged girls there the other night, so anyone seems to be welcomed. :D

[jenelycam.livejournal.com]

YAY!!!

[mersipan.livejournal.com]

Those are lovely pictures...and that looks like fun, I want to play too!

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

Well, grab your swimsuit and let's go!

[libra-dragon.livejournal.com]

Awesome pictures. Looks like tons of fun:)
I wanna play now!

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

Me, too. This whole "grownup" gig sucks. Not sure why I thought it would be so cool when I was smaller.

[niecystrips.livejournal.com]

Stellar pics!!! Your son looks so big for 3. Maybe that's just the angle, I dunno.

Anyway, thank you so much for sharing!!!

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

He'll be 4 in October, and he's looking more like a 4 year old every day. Being so thin for his height makes him look older in pictures for some reason; he only weighs just over 30 pounds. There's nothing to the kid.

[simplecity2htwn.livejournal.com]

There's an area just outside of Galveston that has those things. Nothing is funnier than to watch a toddler lean over to get a better view of the steam of water he/she just saw and WOOOSH, all of the sudden they're soaking wet. Then they do it again, and again, and again.........kids, gotta love 'em.

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

They are fun to watch; even people without kids sit and watch 'em. Little kids always get it in the face, because when the water turns off they always peer down into the hole to see where it went. :)

[abstract-truth.livejournal.com]

Too cute!

We have a fountain area like that here on riverwalk in Detroit. It's a pain trying to get them to go home once they start playing in those pop up fountains.

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

It really is. We were there until 10 PM, and only left without tears because he was too exhausted to stand.

[renewedme.livejournal.com]

Oh the pictures are so sweet!! :)

[neanahe.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[sidneymintz.livejournal.com]

Very nice!