It's a Block Party!

A very quiet day today.... Quincy is gone until Saturday morning, my mom and dad left for a few more days in Germany before they fly back to the States, and Tabitha, Calvin and Max were at school all day. We sure hated to see the grandparents leave! We really had a great visit!
Tabitha found out today that the 9 year old brother of her very good friend, was hit by a bus on Saturday morning. He has extensive injuries but did regain consciousness today. Horrible. This is one of the times that I feel very badly about not being able to communicate well. I would love to call the mother and offer to help out in some way but I'm not sure that I could communicate the offer... I did send her an email because that's easier than talking on the phone but I don't know that she will be checking her emails these days.
This evening, a neighbor stopped by. She lives two doors down and wanted to introduce herself as well as invite us to the annual block party in early June. She said that it is great fun and a good way to get to know our neighbors. It is also apparently held right in front of our house so I guess they had to invite us! She was very friendly, spoke quite good English, and said repeatedly that she cannot believe what a difficult undertaking we have taken on. She was either very impressed or thought we were quite nuts. Everyone in France has high, stone walls around their houses and yards so we certainly don't see or talk to our neighbors as much as in suburban America. It will be nice to get to know some people.
Calvin made a rhubarb pie today with the rhubarb we bought at the farmer's market on Saturday. We woke up to temperatures below freezing today but the sun shone all day and the temperature rose to about 50 by the middle of the day.