Wowsers

I've been addicted to blog reading for some time now and I've always been jealous of the cute crafts and the seemingly perfect families. I have a few favorites which I will eventually add but I begin to wonder does everyone live in a pretty house and does everyone have the ideal life? I live simply, in the middle of town. We are working on moving "back home"--- This place is a small town on the verge of going big and the neighborhood and gone downhill in the last few years.

My children are 3 and 2 -- we have a lot of new kids around the block and I am just dumbfounded that parents just let their kids run. I know that one set cant possibly be any older then my own children. They were running all over the place today. I was just in shock. Do kids this age really know boundaries? I'm not thinking so. I know my two year old acts on impulse and just goes. ..and parents-- I never see any. What happened to playing with your kid? I feel like I am just way out there in my thinking. Am I alone?