Junking

today, we went "junking." junking - otherwise known as garage sales - is a big deal here in madison. once the weather warms up, signs for yard sales go up all over town. i even saw a sign today that offered brats at 11:30! we didn't make it to that one, but we found a great neighbourhood that had a yard sale at almost every other house. so, we picked up quite a load of "new" toys for the girls today. i even found that exersaucer for Claire. here's Claire sporting her new car!



it's always interesting to see what people are selling. it's like putting the history of your life out on the front yard for everyone to handle and take. one lady today was selling a wagon which i thought would come in handy once Claire gets a little bigger. the woman started getting teary eyed thinking about her children who used to ride it. i was thinking this woman shouldn't be selling it if she is still attached emotionally to it. she gave it up to me, but i felt a little odd carting away a precious part of her past.

we put all our purchases on our front yard to hose them down and clean them up before playing with them. some of the neighbourhood kids came and joined us and we ended up having a great time playing with water and going up and down the sidewalk with wagon, car, scooter. we're looking forward to all the fun we'll have over the summer with the junk we purchased!