Yes, we still had our neighborhood party last night but it's getting pretty sparse. I put flyers in the mailboxes. Realized that I didn't know half the people who lived here any more. 3 rentals in the neighborhood in 12 houses, used to be none. We thought that it would be a great opportunity to meet the neighbors that we didn't know. But they didn't come except one family sent over a cake.
When my kids were little, this neighborhood was very cohesive and the July 4th party was THE PLACE TO BE. Especially when fireworks were still legal and some of the dads tried to outdo each other. Some parents worried about safety but as one child told her mother "you can go somewhere else but I'm staying HERE". We played softball and water balloon volleyball. Somebody had a portable fireplace and we would light a fire rather late into the night. The kids ran around from house to house or played games in the middle of the court.
But 8 of us huddled on the Cole's lawn next door. People had JUST moved into the house where we usually set up the tables, barbecues, etc. Eight of us shivered in the drizzle until about 8pm and we all went in. But Naomi had her knitting and Soum brought out her knitting and they had a little workshop on knitting booties and socks.
Teddy, who went to every single event with us this weekend had a great time.
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