The children of the airport are a special breed. Children are normally loud, rambunctious, exploring, happy, little humans. The children of the airport still personify these same characteristics; however, only within the bounds of limited sleep, no naptime, restricted play space, and a request for relative quiet.

The children of the airport woke up at 4am instead of their daily 6am wake-up. They are sleep deprived and won't get to nap in a bed. This looks like two siblings fighting angrily about whether the boarding call was for zone three or zone four and a 5 year old yelling and swatting at her father as he adjusts her falling pony-tail.

The children of the airport play with the five toys they were able to fit in their small Dora the Explorer luggage, which they proudly drag behind them as it bounces from side to side and catches their ankles. This leads to a little girl in yellow struggling to manage the overflowing gang of stuffed creatures escaping her backpack. Is displayed by the little girl in pink pretending to be a bossy airline worker directing a group of irate customers whose flight had just been delayed. A toddler performing a one-woman dance show in the middle of a square of chairs full of people waiting for their delayed flight. An infant giggling gleefully while jumping on the base grating of an otherwise completely unfun indoor plant.

The children of the airport are highly confused and disgruntled by transport carts that drive people throughout the aiport. One child walks toward the cart, only to be saved by her father's deft grab of one of her arms. A young boy, very annoyed, yells at his father who is unknowingly walking directly in front of one of the carts as it beeps its horn.

The children of the airport do not walk. They roll through in strollers of various sorts-- umbrella, carriage etc.. When they walk, the take great joy in walking. An infant boy gleefully kicking a unsuspecting woman as he walks by. An infant girl holding hands with her mother on one side and her brother on the other, laughing and squeeling as she walks through the airport atrium after a long flight.

The only people more confused than the children of the airport are the parents of the airport

Keep on thinking,

Josie