Tonight as I was driving home from the store (we were out of sugar for our sweet tea I was in the middle of making) - I passed one of my favorite things about living in St. James...a Street Dance!!! So, I was inspired to come up with a list of reasons why I like living in a small town. Some deal with St. James in particular, others could be any small town in America.
1. Craft Street Dances: The Craft brothers bring out their karaoke machines and set up a stage in front of Wilson's Lumber at least one Saturday night a month. There is food, singing, lots of lawn chairs, and visiting. I think it's about the best time ever! I love to walk the kids down there and just sit and listen. Some of the singers are horrible, others are wonderful. I so enjoy watching Hunter dance on the street in front of everyone and not caring a bit. I enjoy catching up with people that I don't get to see during my regular daily routine. It's a beautiful time.
2. Large Families: I think that fact that there are many families who all stay here and continue to raise generations in St. James is a wonderful thing. My family is one of them. Of my Grandma's 6 kids, there are 4 of them still living in St. James. Of their children (12 total) - 6 of them still live in St. James...and they have 6 kids so far. The Craft family is another one of those families. I think it's great to be able to go to school with your cousins and have the support of a large extended family close by!
3. History: Sure, there is history in any town / city - but I've found that it's much more celebrated in small town USA. I think it's great that my kids will have a unit on the founder of the town in 4th grade...how many kids get to do something like that? We can still visit the tomb of Lucy Wortham James - in fact, she's buried in the same cemetery that my daughter is and that my husband and I will be! That's amazing to me.
I'm sitting here making this list and Hunter is asking me what I'm doing. I tell him I'm writing on my blog and he says "what? You're getting on a log?" :0) Very funny - anyway, I tell him that I'm writing a sort of story. So I read him what I have written and he wanted to make a list too. Although he wasn't sure what kind of list, so I just asked him some of his favorites and here are the results:
Hunter's Favorites List:
Favorite Wii Game: Tennis
Favorite Drink: Chocolate Milk
Favorite Food: Chicken Nuggets
Favorite Movie: Power Rangers Operation Overdrive
Favorite Friend: His Mom (how lucky am I?! - I'm going to have to remind him of this when he's 16!!!)
Favorite Place to Visit: The Park
Favorite Book: Berenstain Bears Go To The Doctor (really, just any Berenstain Bears book!)
Favorite Toy: Power Rangers Action Figures
ps - are there any women out there who enjoy the Batman series? Lincoln just went to see the new one tonight and enjoyed it. He said Heath Ledger was at his absolute best playing The Joker. I did NOT enjoy the first Batman, so I didn't even go. I do however, enjoy the Spiderman Series...
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I'd pass on the Batman series. I am not much of a series person... like Lord of the Rings or Star Wars or Superman. I did like Spiderman because of Kristin Dunst.
Last night, I saw several people dressed up for the Batman movie... face paint, capes, etc. I can't think of any movie I've dressed up in character for...
I do like series because I feel it affords me the opportunity to develop a relationship with the characters. Silly, I know, but these characters in the Mitford Series and the Father Tim Series that I'm reading have become great friends! Ha ha. I agree though - I would NEVER dress up to go out in public...unless it was Halloweeen!
I just wanted to say you have a beautiful family and Hunter is so handsome. I love being a mom and especially to my sweet Scottie. I didn't know I'd enjoy my son so much. Kids fill your life with joy and a new perspective on the simplest things. They are so funny and make you laugh all the time. I miss the small town feel of St. James sometimes, but I've been blessed to build strong ties here in Memphis. I've really enjoyed you blog. It's fun to read, I've thought about starting a new one that is just for me and not so much for our family. I just don't know where I'd find the time. Maybe once the move to Utah has happened and we are settled in. Thanks for your inspirations and thoughts, they make me think.
I was wondering what the "Karaoke and Street Dance" thing was all about. We're still new to St.J, so it seemed strange to us.
Missed you at Batman.
Thanks Amanda! I definitely use this as a "sounding board" for myself. Sometimes my thoughts get so muddled up in my head that it's nice to just get them out. :0) I hope your move goes very smoothly. I love reading your blog and seeing all the adventures you take Scottie on! I've thought the same thing only reversed...maybe I should have one for our family...lol.
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