Yeah, just like the Spiderman song, except for missing in action - a super hero sprawling his webbed feet on our windows. Talking about spider man and his neighborhood, here's an unfriendly thought. Ok, he gets bad guys and saves the world, blah blah, but can you imagine opening your curtains every day and peer into a grotesquely-dressed, not even remotely spider-like, eeriely-masked man staring at you? Eeeeek.
Back to reality, our neighborhood is a very child-centric, a la Sesame street style. Only a brightly feathered, nasal-voiced yellow bird and an unbelievably over-hyped, shockingly high-priced, ridiculously-talking red moppet are missing from this pretty picture. What? You say, enough with the parental vent and the way too many hyphenated adjectives? Ok, fine. So be it. Strict sentiments from now on.
Any given day, you can come around our locale and see children riding their bikes, scooters, roller skates or maybe hop scotch, hide and go-seek. Shrieking voices, chatters, whispers going around - full of young life. Kiddos moving and out of neighbors' houses as if it's their own. Being a cul-de-sac is useful in not needing to keep tabs on the children. Anyways, most of the grownups are always outside "gossiping", oops sorry, let me rephrase it - catching up on current events happening in each others' intricate personal lives. Ohh, that makes it all better.
Summers are especially great because we get the sprinklers out, the kids don their swim wear and have a huge splash all afternoon. We lunch or snack outside too and add to the fun. We carpool, share everything from groceries to ladders, you name it all. Some of our children have grown together. We have welcomed new residents as well as given farewells to those who have moved on.
And, now after a long 8 years, it's our turn to leave soon and I am missing this place already. Changes are necessary, but hard at the same time, isn't it?
Back to reality, our neighborhood is a very child-centric, a la Sesame street style. Only a brightly feathered, nasal-voiced yellow bird and an unbelievably over-hyped, shockingly high-priced, ridiculously-talking red moppet are missing from this pretty picture. What? You say, enough with the parental vent and the way too many hyphenated adjectives? Ok, fine. So be it. Strict sentiments from now on.
Any given day, you can come around our locale and see children riding their bikes, scooters, roller skates or maybe hop scotch, hide and go-seek. Shrieking voices, chatters, whispers going around - full of young life. Kiddos moving and out of neighbors' houses as if it's their own. Being a cul-de-sac is useful in not needing to keep tabs on the children. Anyways, most of the grownups are always outside "gossiping", oops sorry, let me rephrase it - catching up on current events happening in each others' intricate personal lives. Ohh, that makes it all better.
Summers are especially great because we get the sprinklers out, the kids don their swim wear and have a huge splash all afternoon. We lunch or snack outside too and add to the fun. We carpool, share everything from groceries to ladders, you name it all. Some of our children have grown together. We have welcomed new residents as well as given farewells to those who have moved on.
And, now after a long 8 years, it's our turn to leave soon and I am missing this place already. Changes are necessary, but hard at the same time, isn't it?