Out of the woodwork

While on our morning walk, Barley and I started noticing kids congregating at a house down on the corner. As we walked by the second time, there were roughly 15 kids, all dressed up with loaded bags and lunches waiting for the bus. School has just started, and the kids in the neighborhood are coming out of the woodwork. I had no idea there were so many in the area, all hidden away during the summer. Kind of sad that they weren’t outside playing, or riding their bikes around or something remotely kid-like.