My son is currently watching the 5 or 6 (we can't count them they are moving so fast) squirrels playing in the front yard on the play equipment, up the tree, across the landscape rock, around and around the tree, playing hide and seek...2 moms and 3 or 4 youngsters. Our block is the best...we have wonderful, appropriate wildlife, terrific neighbors, tons of kids. I think of it as my village. Our village, I guess. Last Saturday we (7 families within a block) replaced parts and re stained the play set in my neighbor's backyard where we all congregate. It has affectionately been dubbed Roe Park in honor of the owners who haven't ever put up a fence or asked anyone to get off their property. It was a fantastic day to show community at work, just idyllic. The other day 3 of the boys were outside playing football while Will, my son, sat cross-legged in the middle of the "football field" reading a book about dinosaurs. They never fell on him or hit him with the ball but would occasionally pause and huddle over the book to see what Will was telling them about as they played...the athletes and the mathlete. Wish I had a picture...
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