Today was the last Kid Day as Anakah starts back to school next week. I have just one more of my month of Wednesday vacations. Ani earned a couple more dollars last night washing dishes and she was set to buy her latte at Beans and brew. But instead of our regular “walk” round the neighborhood we stayed at the house. I did my weekly letter to Mom and Mark Anthony came over to mow the lawn and the lawn desperately needed a “hair cut” and I wanted to make sure the lawn mow happened. We had other options to consider too but too much was happening. We wanted to drop off the other lawnmower off at the Sears repair center to see if we could get the mower repaired under warranty and we still have yet to get by the furniture shop to see if there was any scrap we could take away. But that did not happen. Mark had to get back to the apartments so he took off and Ani and I lunch. We took the van because after we drove over to Mark A’s for a demonstration from the local fire department: fire-truck pulls up loaded with fire fighters, they back up to the hydrant hook up and shoot the fire cannon out over the basketball court and all the kids at the apartments for 45 minutes then leave. The temperature's in the 90’s and chaos ensues as pre-schoolers scream and yell as they enjoy the extended shower provided by the county. Jasmine is in there with the best of the big kids—soon she is back, blue lipped and chattering just long enough to check in with dad and then back under the spray. Great cooling fun.
When the trucks finally left the bigger kids evoperated and the little kids like Jasmine hung round the sand area with their mom’s and Mark A. Mark A played “Mr Science” with iron fillings he had collected from his recent trip to
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