Another snippet of life in my neighborhood
Yesterday afternoon the boys headed out to play. We followed them up the street and walked into the main gathering space of our neighborhood. I walked up the yard to discover about twenty boys playing Ultimate Frisbee. I hung around outside for a while and then popped in to see my friend Kelly.
I don’t always trail my guys when they’re out and about. Somedays they go to this space to play soccer (which they had moved onto by the time I left Kelly’s). Sometimes they play basketball at our house or at someone else’s court. There’s always at least this many boys ready for some fun.
This isn’t out of the ordinary, but for some reason yesterday I was just struck by the beauty of it.
I love backyard sports! Our kids don’t get enough of these fun, “pick-up” games like we had when we were kids! We played baseball, football, volleyball and hours and hours of badminton! And even though my kids didn’t have a bunch of other kids in our neighborhood, they played all these games too, sometimes with just my husband and I ! Our elderly neighbors loved to watch!
Enjoy!
Oh, that IS beautiful and I wish I had that around here. What a blessing to have that available for your boys. There are kids around here but we have to be so careful because the influences are just not that great. I wish we could share a yard with some great families!
Now if that isn’t FABULOUS, All-American FUN! You’re so lucky!
(Read your book a few years ago, loved it. I have a son and daughter. I thought I might be a mom of all boys, so I picked up your book!)
Been following your blog ever since…thanks for being REAL!
lisa (san antonio, texas)
I am most impressed with your neighborhood. There are lots of kids. I am curious about how your community developed. Was it formed or did it grow naturally?