This weekend was our 32nd annual block party, and the first one we have attended in 4 years that has not been rained out and moved inside the church. And what a great surprise: when it's not rained out, it is literally right in front of our house. We had front row seats from our porch. A little confusing for Elliot that on this special day she gets to freely walk in & out of the house, our into the street and take food from strangers while discovering the joys of a wonderful new phenomenon called "pot luck". One of the hallmarks of our block party in years past is a counting of how many different kinds of lentil salad appear. To buck our crunchy granola stereotype, the Heywood clan brought enchiladas ... with full fat and outlawed tomatoes (well, from FDA approved areas) and avoided many of the lentils. Out of the blue a fiddle band appeared and people started dancing. Did I mention the heaven Elliot was in? We took her in to get ready for bed and pajama'd. That's when she requested, "More Party Please", so we took her back out for more. And the only reason I am posting the video is because it is annoyingly sideways so you can't see clearly how horrible we are, but also to try out the upload from my camera and because you wouldn't believe I did not add an audio track - what you hear is actually what was playing (for FIVE hours) outside our front window. Who's coming to visit us in Mayberry for the 33rd?
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