Eatin' crow

We are still in Oregon on our trip, but I wrote this post before we left. I was hoping to be able to post some pictures or something of our trip at this time, but I guess that will have to wait until we get back because that isn't working out so good. In the meantime, please enjoy this little story:

Spirit (7 1/2 years old) is going through this phase where he knows more than everyone, including his mom and dad. It is about to drive us nuts. When we were getting ready for the trip, we were in and out of the house loading stuff while the kids played. Spirit came up to us and said "I just saw Miss Shirley drive by." Shirley is a dear friend of ours whom we haven't seen in 3 or 4 weeks. I told him there is no way she would just drive by without stopping. No way. He argued and argued, which has been pretty common in our house lately!

To prove our point Mr. Man called Shirley and asked her if she had been by our house. She said, she had indeed just driven by and she waved at Spirit but didn't want to stop and interrupt our packing!

Spirit started jumping up and down yelling "I told you I saw her! I told you!!"

Mr. Man told Miss Shirley she should have stopped anyway, that our house is always open no matter what we are doing and at the very least she could have talked with the kids while we packed.

I certainly hope that we made our point. I don't ever want someone to feel that they can't stop just because they didn't call first! I want my home to be open - all the time!