bruce

"The Pickles are in their front yard doing gymnastics ! Can I go outside! Please!!!"

The Pickles, of course, are the fammily across the street. Four boys and two girls, within the span of 5 years. Their mom is from Ukraine and trained in the USSR gymnastics machine for her entire youth. Now, she teaches a lot of yoga and teaches her kids how to tumble. The oldest could do a back walkover before he could walk.

The Pickles isn't their real name. It's the name the neighborhood gave them years ago...after Svetlana brought pickles to the annual Christmas Caroling Party and cookie feast. Svet, as her husband calls her, brought pickles, her personal comfort food instead of cookies.

And so, the Pickles got their name.