Small World

Alexander Stawinski

Leaping from rail to rail, 6-year-old Clay Erwin plays in his backyard on Maple Avenue with pal Cole Verhoven, 6. "The miniature house was a gift from Santa Claus. There was a note that said your other present is out back. It was so cool. It was the best the were like oh my gosh," Clay's father Bill Erwin said.

Lauren Erwin, 4, from left, and her mother Julie Erwin, 40, laugh with family friend Olivia Verhoven, 2, right, on the back porch as they wait for carry out from Applebee's with the Verhoven family at their home Saturday October 19, 2007. "I went to college with Cecily Verhoven and we had kids, we go on vacation together and have diner together every Friday night," Julie Erwin said.

Bill Erwin, 40, tickles his daughter Lauren, 4, of Danville before tucking her in at their home Thursday October 18, 2007.