Grab A Cream Puff And Run Aimlessly!

 

One of those ranches that we lived on when I was a child, was in Clovis, CA.  This is the same place where across the road from our home was a peach orchard and a grape vineyard.  The same place where run-away Shaver took me for a ride!

 

On this ranch, was the owner's beautiful huge house facing one road.  And way behind that house and past all the out buildings, swimming pool, arena and  over a couple of fences was our house facing another road.

 

The owner had 5 daughters and one of them was my age, Kelly.  We were about 7 years old and became fast friends.  This was in the day when kids could leave the house in the morning, run around and play all over the grounds and not report in for hours.  And not be worried about.  We had many acres to play on here. 

 

One day we were around Kelly's house somewhere and we saw the bakery truck coming.  Good grief, does anyone remember when a bakery truck went around stopping at houses to see if you needed some baked goods to buy????  Well we had one. 

 

Back to the story, the bakery truck stopped at Kelly's house, her mom went out to pick out various items as usual.  We began to seriously beg for cream puffs, like pleading - begging.... she gave in and the bakery man handed us each a cream puff.

 

We immediately snatched them up and took off running, her mom had not even finished picking out her stuff.  We were in full throttle run, all the while stuffing the cream puffs in our mouths, powdered sugar flying everywhere.  We were hurdling objects, bypassing the pool and playhouses and climbing fences, all on our way to my house.

 

We had barely finished swallowing and wiping sugar off our faces, checking each others face to see if clear.  Then we halted our running and casually (yeah, right) walked up to my mom, who was now awaiting the bakery truck which was now pulling into our drive.  Giggling to each other and trying not to act guilty, we waited with her.

 

The bakery man got out of his truck, half hidden smirky smile on his face looking at us and talking to mom about baked items.  We could barely contain ourselves and immediately started begging for cream puffs.  Mom was busy trying to make her own decisions and after a half hearted attempt to see if we had already had one, which we lied, she gave in.

 

We snatched up those cream puffs and took off for the pasture, laughing and eating cream puffs, with powdered sugar flying everywhere again.  We ran aimlessly in our own hilarity at ourselves.  As if we had gotten away with something.  I am totally sure my mom knew!  Life was a hoot and we rocked it!

 

Don't be so serious!  Grab a cream puff and run aimlessly!  LOL!  Watch where you are going!