Crazy Day

Now for those of you in the midwest, a little thunderstorm is no big thing, but here it is a rare occasion and it makes the day a little wacky. When I looked out the window this morning and saw drops on the porch, my first thought was 'Why did Alan spray the porch?' Guess my mind wasn't completely clear yet! Then I looked at the cars and noticed they were wet and realized that it was raining. By the time we had to leave for Boot Camp, the rain had stopped so we headed off. Once we got to the park though, things weren't looking good. There was loud thunder and lightning that looked really close. We were trying to decide whether to have class when it started raining pretty hard. That decided it! So instead of exercising this morning, we went to Target and the Post Office. I was hoping to not see anyone I knew since I was in my ugly workout clothes, but of course that is almost impossible at Target! On my way to Target I saw that there as a fire on the mountain and I am assuming it was set by lightning. Yikes. Glad I wasn't running around with my huge metal stroller. :P

When we got home Jacob was like a wild banshee! I put Homer outside so Jacob wouldn't torment him, but Homer was going wild and jumping up on the sliding glass door because thunder freaks him out. I let him indoors, but put him in the bathroom while I nursed Isaac so Jacob wouldn't pester the poor dog while I couldn't supervise. Surprisingly, Homer walked right in. Guess he was ready to escape the crazy boy! When Jacob and I were going upstairs, Homer practically knocked us over to get up there (there's a safety gate so he can't come and go as he pleases). Homer hasn't been upstairs in months, so I'm not sure why he was so desperate to go up there. I can only guess that he was trying to escape the thunder. he didn't want to come down either. I had to beg and plead him to come down the stairs. Weird.

Of course Jacob wouldn't nap this afternoon. The rule is that if you don't nap, you have to rest a little, so we laid on the couch and watched a cartoon. He obviously needed a nap because I just looked over and saw this. Hee Hee


So anyway, that has been our day. Guess the thunder and lightning makes everyone a little crazy (at least toddlers and dogs).



This picture was taken yesterday at Boot Camp. On Tuesdays, there is always a little activity planned for the kids while we do our cool down. Yesterday was water painting, which is just taking a paint brush and 'painting' the sidewalk with water. The kids had a blast and stayed clean. Whoo hoo for that!


On Sunday a friend of ours gave Jacob some tractors that her son no longer uses. He LOVES them! When he walks into the living room and sees them he says 'Whoa!' and runs over to them. Its so funny! Thanks, Charlee!