Grass Fire

Please don’t let your kids play with matches.  Our neighbor’s son and a few of his friends were playing with matches and caught the lawn on fire.  It quickly spread to our yard and almost reached the landscaping and house.  Thank goodness it didn’t because the scrubs were dry and dead.  I think they would have been gone in seconds.  A HUGE thank you to our other neighbor that put the fire out with a fire extinguisher (not a bad idea to have a few of these scattered around the house), our neighbor for calling the Allen fire department and the firemen for explaining the importance of fire safety to the kids. 

The upside is no one was hurt and the firemen said the burned area should grow back faster and greener than the rest of the yard.  Michael and I are trying to figure out how to execute a controlled burn of the entire yard! (I kid, I  kid).