When we first moved in, we met several neighbors here and there, mostly in passing. Moving, unpacking, sickness, and Mike traveling prevented us from being intentional at first. We had met some neighbors down the street on one of our Saturday morning wagon rides {a sweet older couple that just dote on Eli and Maddie}. But we wanted to be sure we took the time to knock on doors and officially introduce ourselves to our neighbors.
On Father's Day, we decided to take brownies over to our immediate neighbors on either side of us. Both families have kids, some close to Eli and Maddie's age, and they both seem like such sweet families. One family is actually moving next month {to a newer phase of the neighborhood}, but they have been so sweet to offer any help we might need with Aiden coming. Their sweet daughter whom they fostered was the one who officially welcomed us to the neighborhood with her cute paintings! We were happy/sad to hear that she and her siblings went back home. Happy that they got to go home; sad that we didn't get to know them more.
The other family has the cutest little boys, and we probably see them the most. So far, it has mostly been in passing {getting mail, unloading kiddos from the car, etc}, but the initial brownie introduction definitely helped break the ice. Their boys are closer to Eli and Maddie's age, so we are looking forward to getting to know them more.
We have met another family in the neighborhood by going to the pool on Saturday mornings, and we hope to meet more once Aiden is here and we are a little more settled with that. We had hoped to have some families over for dinner before Aiden came, but we are quickly running out of time and not sure if that will happen.
But Mike and I are committed to reaching out more to our neighbors. We did it the best in McKinney, not very well at all in Plano, but are committed to making it a priority here in Melissa. And not just meeting our neighbors, but actually getting to know them and sharing the gospel with them. We have both been convicted of that more and more recently, as we have realized how quickly life can fill up with other activities. Brownies are great; but you don't have to have the Holy Spirit to take brownies to your neighbors. We have realized that little kiddos definitely make it more challenging to have people over, but we just have to be more intentional in our planning. That's part of why I am even writing this post...to keep us accountable! So you may or may not see this item show up again on a fall or winter bucket list :)
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