If you know me, it's likely not for my level of dexterity.
Rewind to Wednesday, when I was tasked with stacking dominoes and Jenga tiles — fast.
The white 80-by-120-foot Fun Zone tent, which houses an assortment of games and a stage, was a site of sugar-induced mayhem. The "minute to win it" contest required participants to create vertical piles of blocks. This posed quite a challenge for some younger entrants, seeing as their constructions rose above the tops of their heads.
Children sank their teeth into sandbox projects, posed for pictures at the behest of doting parents, dabbled with Lego blocks and drenched each other. Beckoning her son urgently to the domino table, a mother said, "Come on — now!" The blond toddler, keeping his distance, shook his head and mumbled through trembling lips, "No."
I knew exactly how he felt.
What I couldn't fathom, though, was how I ended up in a sea of squealing children and cheering families. Recalling my editor's request to cover the domino contest firsthand, I decided to go all in, even against tots.