The Hood

I'm so bombed I don't have a picture for this post. My neighborhood is awesome. We view quite a few neighbors like family. (Aunt Cheri, Aunt Melissa, Uncle Bob...) The last few nights have solidified that feeling. I bought a volleyball net. Once that net went up, it was like an alarm sounded for the neighborhood children. They came running from all directions. I stood back and watched as my children bonded with kids who will become life long friends. The moms and dads who ran around my yard reliving their childhoods were all smiles. It was nothing for a toddler to wrap their arms around the leg of someone other than their parents and be perfectly comfortable with that. This is where I wanted my kids to grow up. This is how I want my kids to grow up. When they are 35 years old I want them to look back on summers like this and know they were loved by many.