...3 energetic kids, a busy husband at work, and a flooding basement? We woke up this morning (and most of the night) to rain. We have been having rain as a result of Hurricane Ike and are expected to receive more over the next few days. Between us and our landlords, we have been shop-vacuuming the water out of our laundry area all afternoon, and it looks like it will continue through the night. We have heard that this is the most rain here in a long time.Since we were stuck inside, I did what any sane mother would do...bring on the video games! We had lots of fun with those, until the fighting and tears came so we turned them off and tried to use our imaginations, old school play. Kelsie built a fort compete with a mailbox. Brandon put up the tent, but then gave up on the hopes that he would be able to play a computer game (which is different than video games). Caleb took a decent nap and then decided to play with his older brother and sister until they got tired of him. In the end, we had a successful afternoon of pirates, marble racing, and make believe. I guess the rain is good for something!
Our front yard this morning.
It's hard to really see, but it was coming down pretty hard.
