My Acorn Family

When I was very young Mom and Dad owned a Bakery/Burger joint in Abilene called Virginia Lee's Pie Shop. We all just called it The Pie Shop. It is Full of Memories, not the least of which is my acorn family.

My sister Amy and I spent a lot of time at the Pie Shop because we could do odd jobs and when it got busy, could be left alone for the most part in the on site office. For a 4-6 year old kid the Lunch run could last an eternity.

Every day the bank deposit had to be made and the Bank was three doors down from the Pie Shop. Outside the bank there was an enormous Oak Tree. Every year, like every other oak tree, it would drop thousands of acorns to be seeded, gathered by squirrels, or trampled. So, On the way to make the bank deposit one day, holding my mothers hand, we began trampling. Watching, amazed at how many there were, I discovered how the acorns looked like little people pods, with little hats! Epiphany! Suddenly my acorn family evolved. I gathered up a Momma, and a Momma hat, a Daddy and a Daddy hat, and a Emily and a Emily hat. I took them all back to the office at the Pie Shop and played.

If they were going out they wore their hats. If they got somewhere they took their hats off. And they all had a nice comfortable napkin bed to sleep in. Who needs Barbie and her gi-normous mansion? I was perfectly content with my little acorn family. (I also think Amy was jealous because I had cool toys and she didn't)

So Why do I take the Time to blog about it? Well,Tim and I were taking a walk down the lovely river walk in Belton. We ran out of things to talk about apparently because I began to tell him reminiscent stories of the Pie Shop. A lovely acorn sparked my memory, and he said he would take my picture.


That's me, the short one in the middle. : )