The kids were gone for HOURS today. (Not GONE, but not at the house or well supervised by us, other than a couple bike rides down the driveway and a lunch break.) They spent the afternoon with our across the street neighbor and his siblings and cousins, running through yards, building forts, riding bikes, and all the fun kid stuff I remember doing when I had hours of (mainly) unsupervised freedom back in the day. They stayed within ear shot, and since we've exchanged phone numbers and Facebook pages with our neighbors, we were able to keep track of them without actually interfering in their play. It was cool to see them do so well with the freedom, and nice to see them SO HAPPY (and exhausted) when they came home for dinner. (We made them hose themselves off outside first, since they'd been playing in the mud, post rain storm.)
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