summertime on the deck

Brian is at a tournament.  I'm mentally and physically preparing for a cabin camping trip this weekend.  Kids are getting hungry.  Hmmmm, what's for dinner?  Open freezer.  Well that was uninspiring.  Sigh.  Okay, veggie corn dogs it is....I'm about to turn on the oven when something wonderful happened.

Ava:  Mom!  Come out here [to the deck], the neighbors are giving us food!
Me:  What?
Ava:  Just come quick!!!

Sure enough, one of my beautiful neighbor ladies had a piping hot plate of chicken drumsticks for me.  Manna from heaven.  This was the most delicious chicken!!!!  Doesn't everything taste better when generously prepared and given to you by someone else?  Yum!
After devouring the chicken, the kids decided it was time to stick their heads in a barrel of water. Sure, that seems like a great idea since you JUST ate...at least their heads were already in a bucket. I finally asked. and was told they were bobbing for ping pong balls. Of course you are.