playdate on pike street

Weird: I have never ever seen so many little kids walking along Pike Street.  In fact, I think there's only one human child who actually lives in my neighborhood; I see her waiting (alone) for her schoolbus most mornings.

At first I thought it was the divorced dad phenomenon that used to sweep Belltown every other weekend.    But my neighborhood isn't as much of a mecca for newly-single males.*  Could it be Super Bowl-related?  Do Capitol Hill hipsters/gays/other serve as some kind of babysitting National Guard, only called up when childcare resources are dangerously low?

* Believe me.  I've conducted a thorough 3-year investigation.