This summer should also be interesting due to the fact that our next door neighbors are moving to Florida today. They were the neighbors that always lent me vanilla and watched my children at a moment's notice. My daughter's best friend since infancy and Evan's friend since he was 4 were their children and the gap that losing these friendships will leave is palpable. It's only 7:45 am and Corinne has already sighed TWICE that "..it's such a shame they had to move; they were good neighbors." So, if any of you have young kids and are looking for an affordable 3 bedroom home in the Far Southwest suburbs of Chicago*, please contact me. We need another set of Good Neighbors. Especially ones that stay stocked in vanilla.
At least we have my new GARDEN to keep my kids occupied:
Yep. I dreamed about vegetables. Feel free to inject the proper sarcastic remarks as you see fit.
*by "of Chicago" I mean "within 45 minutes of driving" because that's how we roll in Northern Illinois.