Spring break bubbles over with fun

By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard

2-year-old Carter Mansfield shoots himself in the eye while discovering how to operate a bubble gun. His parents are Mike and Brandie Mansfield, both school teachers. (Margaret Hobbs photo)

It may not have been the same as Spring Break on the sandy beaches of Cancun, or even in sun and fun in Florida, but lots of kids, young and old, were out Thursday afternoon enjoying the sunshine at Riverfront Park and other points all around Warren County.

Sitting along the water’s edge, Kayla Hubbard and Ashley McBee soaked up the sunshine, after their ballgame was canceled due to a soggy field. Both freshman members of the high school softball team said they had played a lot of softball on their vacation!

Dakoda Eaton, 6, a student at Smithville Elementary and her cousin, Sera Gillette, 6, a student at Hickory Creek Elementary, enjoyed an outing at the park with their granny, Betty Eaton. Dakoda said she had been playing soccer and sleeping late, but planned to spend Friday with her friend. Sera has made a trip to Gatlinburg where she rode go-carts, took a ride on a ski lift and went ice skating. Thursday, they were enjoying the day with Granny Betty Eaton walking along the Greenway and at Riverfront Park.

Brothers Trevin and Addison Wanamaker have been riding their 4-wheeler, fishing and working with their father at the log yard.

On their visit to Riverfront Park, Hayden Mahoney, 11, who attends Morrison Elementary, and Amanda Marten, a student at Bobby Ray Memorial, had brought along bubble makers. Of course, they ended up aiming them at each other.