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June 13, 2007
neighborhood kids
One of the things I love about our neighborhood is how family-oriented it is. You literally see kids everywhere, and if there's an even better way to meet people than having a dog, it's having a kid. We all gathered at our neighbor's house for dinner before the neighborhood ice cream social Monday night. I hadn't been to an ice cream social before, at least not that I remember. The concept is so quaint! But they should have called it what it really is--a kegger for kids. Held in the middle school, they served up heaping bowls, cones, and floats, and then set the kids--hepped-up on sugar--loose in the gym. The reason I don't have photos of this event is because it was absolute madness. At one point the children found a bin of hockey sticks. (Say no more.) I spent the whole time chasing Finn around the gym, trying to keep him (newly emboldened on his sugar high) out of the line of fire. It was here that Finn also stated one of his first sentences, "I like ice cream." To further underscore the point, he picked up a hula hoop, and somewhat missing the concept, spun around holding the hoop around his waist. It was pretty much a blast.
Posted by lisa at June 13, 2007 08:17 AM
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