Tonight we had a great time meeting our neighbors for national night out. This program was started to raise awareness about decreasing crime in neighborhoods and showing criminals that communities were banded together to report suspicious activity. As the title states, it is a national event. One of our neighbors organized the get-together at the end of our cul-de-sac. Someone dragged their metal firepit to the end of the street and there we set up camp with a table and roaring fire for the kids to roast hot dogs and marshmallows. Tons of kids were running around, biking, playing basketball or playing with toads a kid had caught. We met all of our neighbors and they all got to meet Julia.
There are a ton of kids on our street ranging in ages from newborn (~3 weeks) to 15 years old. There is a couple with grown kids (23 and 27) but the kids don't live at home anymore. It was so wonderful to finally meet everyone. We even have some potential babysitters!
We were relieved to learn that some of our neighbors are UW-Madison alumni! They said to fly our Wisconsin flag high and strong come game days! Many of them had Wisconsin ties too. One couple got married in Madison and named their first born daughter Madison! Now, who would name their kid (or a middle name) after a place where they met and got married!?
I don't have any pictures of the event, but it was so much fun and so great to get to know those around us. We all listed our contact information on a list and it is going to be e-mailed to everyone so that you can always contact someone if you need anything (watch your house while you are gone, get your mail etc....)
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