I was looking through my phone pictures and realized how much time our kids spend playing with neighbors and I have never really blogged about it. We feel lucky to live in this neighborhood where there are lots of great people and families with kids. We've become good friends with our backdoor neighbors, Jon and Ann Stiles, and our kids love to play with their boys, Jack and Charley. We went to Charley's birthday party in August, but I don't think I got any pictures. The kids love to conspire over the fence and they often fetch balls or darts for one another.
We have some neighbors who live up the cul-de-sac, the Pattersons, who we love to sit outside and chat with while the kids ride bikes and scooters. They have three girls, Ella, Taylor, and Charlotte, who are about the same ages as our kids. Charlotte and Emmeline are only a month apart in age and they love to go on wagon rides together.
We have some neighbors who live up the cul-de-sac, the Pattersons, who we love to sit outside and chat with while the kids ride bikes and scooters. They have three girls, Ella, Taylor, and Charlotte, who are about the same ages as our kids. Charlotte and Emmeline are only a month apart in age and they love to go on wagon rides together.
Benjy, Eli, and Ella with matching blue popsicle tongues.
Our next door neighbor Monica joins the kids outside sometimes. One day the kids were putting grasshoppers in the stomp rocket and sending them up into the air. The grasshoppers fell out midair and landed unharmed, miraculously.
Monica was excited about finding a grasshopper with blue legs.
Eli goes to school with another friend in the neighborhood, Soren Martin. The Martins are the family that first introduced us to Excel Academy, and Eli and Soren were in the same class last year. We carpool on Thursdays, and the kids get together from time to time to play. Soren and his younger brother Christian came over last week while their parents went to a Dave Matthews concert.
Just recently we met another family that moved into the neighborhood at the beginning of the summer. The children are Olivia and Max, and they are roughly Benjy and Emmie's ages. We met them at the park and found out they live just a few houses away from us. This past weekend, I took Benjy and Emmie to Olivia's birthday party. We look forward to getting to know this fun family even better.
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