"Not vroom, vroom. Whoo, whoo. Like a fire truck. Here, I'll show you." The little blonde boy took the truck out of her hand and proceeded to demonstrate the correct way to play with it.

"Here, you try." He handed it back and continued playing, hardly looking up from his growing pile of cars and leaves and mangled doll parts.

Suddenly, the group burst into giggles. One of the little boys had toppled over while leaning down to pick up a stray race car and was now rolling around on the ground through the piles of autumn leaves, grinning from ear to ear. More...

1. own Christmas trees
2. race cars and house