When we moved off of Washington Street, we moved to College Park and to the house on Ivanhoe Street that was to ultimately become Sharli’s new house. It was a nice, old, four bedroom, three bathroom house with a nice front lawn that was right across the street from Lake Ivanhoe, where we have paddleboarded with Sharli and Mr. Kyle. It was where you had your first room of your own.
We had a lot of fun in that house, where we lived with Moxie, Luna and old Jerry, who ran away after a short time. Rian would stay over on Tuesday nights and we would have Taco Tuesdays every Tuesday.
We would invite other parents and their kids over and I would make soy tacos and people would bring chips and queso or other dishes. The parents would eat and have a glass of wine or beer and the kids would have CHAOS! for an hour or two. Everyone loved it. Jade and Eden would come over. Sharli was there most nights. Sissy would invite her friends. It was where you met so many other kids, too. You met Mr. David and Ms. Christina Zembala and their daughter Aria. You knew Uncle Tony Chinchay, but it was where you first played with Sophia. You met Mr. Mark and Ms. Jodie Hayes and Taylor and Leah. Mr. Brent Bell was there and you played with Piper too. Mr. Jay Madigan and his wife Marta came, too. Mr. Alex and Ms. Dana with their young boy Braxton. Mr. Michael Gouda and Chloe, who was your favorite babysitter, and Lexie and Jagger. Ms. Whitney Parker and her daughters. Whom am I forgetting? One night we had 19 people there! The crazier the better! The house and yard were big enough that all the kids could be off screaming and laughing and it wouldn’t even bother the adults. No one got hurt and nothing got broken. Success!
Now, Sharli and Ms. Katja and Mr. Kyle have built their house on that site, and you and Sharli have hours of fun there, and I spend time with Kyle and Katja. It is a place of fond memories that we created there, and a place for many more memories to come.
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