Once again this year, we are having the neighbor plow our driveway. He already does our street, so we pay him to do our driveway as well. That way, I don't have to worry about getting the driveway cleared when Bill is out of town.
Our neighbor's teenage son, Jordan, came over and pounded stakes along our driveway a couple weeks ago. Sam was fascinated with this. He and TJ also watched over the course of the week as Jordan carefully staked out Canterbury Lane and Canterbury Court. Then last week...disaster. One of our stakes was CROOKED! Knowing how people hate to back down our driveway, I think it probably got bumped. Anyway, Sam noticed immediately and volunteered to go straighten it out. Since then, he has been monitoring our stakes carefully.
But Sam had a problem. My parents mark their driveway with reflectors during the winter, and Papa had not yet put the reflectors out. My Dad has been dealing with a bad cold and bronchitis over the past couple weeks and hasn't been outside much. It's not a big deal, since we haven't had any accumulating snow yet. Yesterday, Sam, in his unsympathetic, authoritative way, informed my father that he WAS putting the reflectors out, and Sam WAS going to help. My dad humored him and the job, much to Sam's delight, is done.
Sam has a new bee in his bonnet. He has been excitedly watching as area residents start turning on their outside Christmas lights. He announced tonight that Daddy WAS putting up our outside Christmas lights tomorrow. Bill said it wasn't really on his agenda, but he was pretty sure he'd be putting them up tomorrow, just to keep peace in the Baron household.
After that, Sam is anxiously waiting for Friday. The day we cut down our Christmas tree. Sam's love of Christmas decorations has never wavered and he is almost giddy with joy at the thought of having the tree up again....
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