The Neighborhood
Neighbor that helped Neal when he fell off his bike and broke his arm
Who is Mary Nordman?
CeeBee's gave these to kids each time we shopped
What are pretzels?
The name of our private driver in St. Kitt's
Who is Tweedy?
Alison kept this in her car when she had to share it with Neal and Katie
What is a mileage log? (or gas log)
Before we moved into our house it was this color
What is red?
First name of Mr. Grump. (I don't know his last name)
What is Otto?
Inches of rain that fell in Naperville in July 1996: 14,15,16
What is 16?
Family vacation where both Neal and Katie were sick most of the time
What is California?
Dad stayed home sick one day and was surprised by this person coming in the front door
Who is Mickey? (He had a key to our house)
When we moved in many of the cabinets were missing these
What are doors?
Scary thing about the Penrose's house
What is they had a ghost living there?
Alison loved this Mexican restaurant because they sang Happy Birthday to you.
What is Casa Lupita?
Where we stayed on Lake Superior with the biting black flies and where Neal left his Bears wallet
What is Curley's?
Alison's friend Lauren Henney did this when we were out of town for a few days.
What is climb in the window and drink our booze?
For several years the stairs to the basement lacked this
What is a railing? (dad put one on after Katie fell)
You called it this when all the neighborhood kids would play outside after dark
What is night games?
One birthday of mom's you blindfolded me and drove around to see if you could fool me where we were going. We ended up here.
What is House of Emperor restaurant?
Name of place we went to in winter several times, just for a short weekend getaway.
What is the Osthoff?
By the time Katie was in high school Mom was working full time and leaving early. As a result Katie did this quite often
What is stay home from school?
How we stayed cool in the summer
What is going in our pool?
Naper School's meet the teacher night was always the night before this
What is Last Fling?
Mom would say this neighborhood spot was closed when you would ask to go there and she didn't feel like it
What is the park?
Movie we watched while staying in a hotel in Champaign on our way to camping.
What is Animal House?
Only this Hamer child's graduation was NOT pouring rain
Who is Katie?
The year we put on the addition
What is 1992?