A rare precious moment I never want to forget. My daughters dressed as superheroes. My boys followed suit. Since the girls were done first, and Fritz was rushing to catch up, he said, “Don’t save the world without me!” The neighborhood kids got dressed up too. The whole lot of them ran off to help the poor and oppressed. These are the moments of childhood I find most precious. Would that they all continue to try to save the world the rest of their lives.

Local superheroes: Jacob Pearl, Billy as Spiderman, Danielle Holdeman and Jenny as Supergirls, Katie, Sam Chase as Darth Vader, Tucker Chase as Robin, Fritz as Batman and Erin Chase.