We had a block party yesterday, and though not all of our block could make it, those who did reminded me of why I like my town. Great people, they all are…family people who care about their community, their kids, their neighborhood. We had folks there who have been on the block for 40 years, and another family who have been here just a year. Our town has taken some hits with this economy…we have two vacant homes now on our street, both of which are in pretty sorry shape. But everyone else is all on board for living and working together…we even got into a conversation about somehow working together to improve those properties. Anyway, ’nuff said about that…on to the party!
I have to say my husband did a fantastic job with the homemade vanilla ice cream! Tasted great and brought back some good memories for many adults of former summer parties…
Homewood has an option for blocks partying together…to send their finest! We had Homewood firefighters, paramedics and police all come and show us their equipment, see the inside of their vehicles, chat with residents…thankfully because they had nothing urgent to take care of in town.
The firemen even hooked up a firehose and sprayed it so the kids could play in it. We got a lesson about tazers from the policeman who came over, the adults got to hold a rifle –because we “paid for it,” he said
–we even had a chance to try on their bullet-proof vest. One of our littlest (Amy…featured a few weeks back with her brother) tried on the heavy, oversized black vest and actually made it look cute. How couldn’t she?
Below is one of our guests…hey, I had to feature SOMEONE on this post…why NOT a handsome firefighter? And after that is the group shot I took of many of the kids, with all the men who came from our Fire Department. Those guys were really great sports! Scroll through the photos at the bottom for more, too.
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