Good neighbor

So- we fix salmon patties with a green salad and french bread for supper. After we eat, I asked the kids if they'd like to go for a walk up the road. We all head out. Savannah and I walking and talking together, Austin coming behind us with his baseball and glove, and then Jack zipping all around us on his bike. As we walk a ways down the road, we come by our neighbors house. They are out riding horses, and their son (10 yrs) hears us from inside the house, and asks if he can walk with us. We say "sure", and he dashes away inside the house and returns with his toy rifle which he has painstakingly strapped a toy dagger to the end of, fashioning it into a bayonnet of sorts. He immediately runs out to Jack, who is on his bike, and holds the point to his neck and pretends that he is a prisoner. Now. Let me just go ahead and insert here that we know that this kid is wierd. I mean it. In a nutshell, instead of wanting to PLAY army, or BE IN the army......he wants to KILL the army. KWIM? Race says that the kid is destined for a black trench coat. He is disturbed, and we have talked to the kids about it, so they pretty much just ignore him. Jack rides away on his bike, so the kid talks to Austin for awhile. When he finally runs to try to catch Jack, Austin just looks at me and laughs and says, "Man,......brutal!". By the time we reach the end of the road, Jack is poised on the hill at the roads end and is clearly about to make a get away from the wierd kid. He yells, "Stand Back!" "Everyone......Stand BAck!!" And away he goes. Flying past us and the wierd kid hunched over on his bike, with his t-shirt pocket stretched waaaaayyyy down due to the weight of the collected rocks that filled it. He peddals like the wind, all the way home. And then, being the good neighbor that I am, I call out a "good-bye" to the kid, and call him by the WRONG NAME! Savannah nearly doubled over onto the road laughing so hard. What a dope I am. (shrug.)

We are off to Theatreworks in the morning and then Martial Arts in the afternoon. And tomorrow I shall answer the question: How much silicone caulking can one small pedastal sink hold???

Have a great day!
Melissa