Paramilitary Operation Contrived by Eight Year Old Children

Ben Vitale

Don’t ever believe that children are stupid! Many years ago my family and I spent every weekend and holiday, on our boat, at the Fire Island community of Davis Park. DP is indeed a party community! LOL!  The children watch the adults Party, and it doesn’t take very long before the children start to imitate their parents! LOL! OMG! Party animals at 8 and 9 years old! Yep! It’s true! The children learned to party with the best of them! LOL!

Every Saturday night, the parents in our crowd, hired three baby sitters to watch 9 children that were supposed to be sleeping on three boats! Three boats… Three baby sitters! OK! The sun sets and the adults are off to the Davis Park Casino! Whoopee! The children appeared a little too eager to go to bed, but I did not suspect anything at the time!

So here we were, eight young adults dancing and drinking at the Casino! We had an agreement that one couple would walk back to the boats, every half hour, to check on the children and talk to the baby sitters! Little did we know that we the parents were victims of a juvenile, covert operation that was planned and executed with exactitude reminiscent of the Green Barret! Yes that’s right… No military operation was ever planned and executed with such precision, cooperation, and discipline!

The conspiracy came to life when the children conned the baby sitters into letting them “party” as soon as the parents walked three blocks away to the Davis Park Casino. So! We the parents walked away and the party began behind our backs! LOL! Our children were drinking soda, eating chips, socializing, singing, dancing, and listening to music.

Let’s call this para military effort, “Operation Casino!” The partying was going great at both ends, but the children had to do something about the parental visits every half hour! OK! No problem! I am an Engineer, and that problem solving mentality transferred to my children… At 8 years old, they were capable of pulling off “Operation Casino.” The military precision was amazing… It was good enough to make Oliver North smile!

The children defined a reconnaissance squad operation and procured the equipment necessary to accomplish their mission! They assigned two man/ women, Recon Squads that proceeded to “High Ground,” which was the fly bridge of my boat, every 15 minutes! The Recon Squads took turns monitoring the boardwalk that went from the Casino, which is up on a hill, to the Marina area, below. The young soldiers requisitioned two pairs of binoculars to monitor their objective, along with lots of Chips and Dip! LOL! OMG! We created monsters! LOL!

As soon as any parent was spotted by the Recon Squad, general quarters was sounded, but instead of proceeding to the main deck, all hands went back to their beds and pretended to be sleeping!

The recon squad successfully warded off 6 enemy attacks, and did a commendable job protecting their covert Partying Operation! The next morning when everyone was enjoying breakfast, the children were smiling “from ear to ear”… I wonder why! “Operation Casino,” was a smashing success! OMG! Only 9 years old! LOL!

Please listen to the General Quarters alarm below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0B8iIYjO4U

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