We could NOT have better neighbors. The family that live across the street, The Harrelsons, have been so incredibly thoughtful and generous to all of us... especially to the kids. This past summer they spent countless hours in their awesome outdoor pool. They always thought to invite us over on hot days to cool off or really just anytime. I really believe that is one of the reasons that Benjamin was fully swimming at age 3!! They always have time for the kids when they see them in the street and nearly always invite the kids inside to visit for awhile. They also took such good care of them the night our house was broken into. So on December 1st, Mary Harrelson comes over with these two huge gift boxes for the kids. They each had 24(!!) individually wrapped and labeled gifts for each of them -one for each day of December. To say the kids were excited doesn't even do it justice. So much for that little advent calendar with a couple of M&M's in it!! The first thing they did each morning was race to the gift box and find the right gift that corresponded with the date. The amazing thing is that Mary still does it for her own kids, too. They are 16 and 20! On the 14th of December there was a note inside their morning package that said to come over to make some crafts. It was the best gift in the box. The kids kept yelling, "we get to go to Stan and Mary's, we get to go to Stan and Mary's!!" and there was a lot of jumping up and down. I've written before about how they feel about going to Liz and Ed's... this is quite similar. So the kids spent 3 hours there making cookies, Christmas ornaments, crafts, and even a gift for Marty and me. Josie thought that they should keep the gift over at Stan and Mary's so that Marty and I wouldn't open it before the 25th. I assured her that we could control ourselves so it is now sitting under the tree awaiting the big reveal.
Again.. AMAZING and incredibly generous, thoughtful neighbors. Thank you Mary, Stan, Robert and Sami!!!
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