Playtime in the Park

  • Emery DeBord - Photos by Tammy Cheek

  • Paxton Newby and grandma Laurie Newby - Photos by Tammy Cheek

  • Ronan Battles - Photos by Tammy Cheek

  • Keller Mincer - Photos by Tammy Cheek

  • Fiona Battles - Photos by Tammy Cheek

  • Xavier Willis with crawdad - Photos by Tammy Cheek

  • Leslie Wallace, center, with sons, Jackson, 10, left, and James, 6 - Photos by Tammy Cheek

  • Jake DeBord, 6 - Photos by Tammy Cheek

About 50 children with mothers, grandmothers and babysitters swarmed Founders Park at Campbell Station, along North Campbell Station Road, Wednesday, July 29, just to get out and enjoy the sunny weather and park creek.

The swarm was not planned — individual mothers simply had the same idea: take their youngsters to the park.

Playing in the creek was popular among many children, with some trying to catch crawdads with nets. Lunch on a blanket, enjoyed by some, was an added treat.