A good-bye to some good neighbors

We really like our neighborhood - within a mile of Colorado College and downtown Springs, close to the library, YMCA, grocery store, trails and multiple walks, safe & walk-able neighborhood with lots of friendly folks and dogs and kids and people of all ages - and we like our quiet street and neighbors. Unfortunately we recently had to say good-bye to some of the neighbors we knew the best, Henry & Laura and their two kids, Henry and Chloe. (Henry the dad is actually Henry IV and Henry the son is Henry V. I think that is so cool.) Their landlord recently decided to put the house up for sale, so they had to find a new rental and ended up moving further south of town. We will miss chatting with Laura (always holding a mug of coffee), seeing the kids running around the block and yard playing football, having Henry come over to play soccer in the yard with Timo, Chloe wanting to hold Mattias, and being able to go hang out in their backyard at the sandbox and slide. "No, Mommy, that is so sad!" said Timo when I finally had to tell him that they were moving to a new house.

Of course, being neighbors who run into each other just doing daily life - watering plants, playing in the yard, going outside to run in the rain - we hardly ever took any photos with them, but they have been good friends for Timo in the 16 months we have lived here so far. On the last night that they were packing up, we managed to say good-bye and snap a quick photo (but there was so much going on, Timo didn't want to look at the camera!).

And now we have inherited a tricycle and double bicycle trailer and Big Wheel from them, so we can always remember playing together!