School's Out!!

When we were kids, school's out meant lazing in Palatine Lake, then Centerton Lake, then finally Elmer Pool!! It meant crepes and instant pistachio pudding.  It meant hours of playing canasta or spit.  It meant catching fireflies and toads.  It meant endless kickball games with our neighbors Bill and John. It meant homemade ice cream and drives in the bed of trucks signing "You Can't Ride in My Red Wagon" at the top of our lungs.  It meant sunburnt skin, skinned knees, stubbed toes.......but most of all it meant family, fun and love!!!!!