Hanging Out as Neighbors

Kids went back to school last month, and less than a month later, it feels like getting back together here on the block is already long overdue!  On Friday, Dalisha and Dareeona asked if "the girls" could get together like we used to, which of course meant we needed to go pick up Holly, who now lives five  miles away from our block on 15th Street but will always be a Central-Cocoanut neighbor at heart.  Phone service was down, so we weren't able to call ahead.  Fortunately when we dropped by her house she was there and able to come over, so the four of us headed back to the block on 15th Street.  Can you tell by the level of silliness how excited the girls were to see each other again?
  

Back home in Central-Cocoanut, the girls got busy creating a celebration - baking pizza, making tea and lighting candles.  Then Dalisha said it was time for a toast.  She explained that "a toast is when we cheer each other after you get done saying something that you really want to say."  

So here's what everybody's toasts were tonight:

"A toast to the girls night!"

"Cheers for the Cheetah girls!"

"Happy to see Miss Allison!"

"Happy to see Holly, Dalisha, and Darry!"

"To a great school year for all of the Neighborhood Scavenger Hunters!"

A few days later, it was the boys who stopped by - Quay and others who dropped in to reconnect.  

Dropping by, hanging out, with no agenda, just to say hello -- this is what it means to be neighbors.