It was raining when we got home yesterday. Hard. After quickly unloading the kids and groceries from the car, Jay went to work clearing gutters while I got dinner on the table. Luckily, it was take-out. Pizza. So I didn't have much work to do! As soon as Jay was dried off, we sat the kids down to eat, and immediately a HUGE clap of thunder shook the house at the same time that lighting struck the transformer at the end of our driveway, sending sparks flying and scaring James to pieces. We've never heard him scream that loud before. Of course the power went out with the sparks. We consoled James (while Cora sat unaffected with her pizza), passed out flashlights and headlamps, lit some candles, and finished dinner with James in my lap. The power was out for about 3 hours, but we actually had a really good time! James loved his headlamp and knew just what to do with it. He kept wanting to go into the bathroom to "pee pee in da dark" (which he did, 3 times). We retreated to Cora's new room, since it gets the most light in the evening hours. The kids were WILD and had a great time running in circles, climbing all over us, and being silly. As the sun was setting (and their usual bedtime arrived), we moved out to the couch and used my (thankfully charged) laptop to play WALL-E for James (while Cora continued to wander around in the dark, squealing to herself). Just as we were debating putting the kids to bed in the dark, the utilities truck arrived and fixed the transformer. We were pretty grateful to have AC, nightlights, and white noise back in time for bed!
Here is James, running in from the hall (his hands had been raised up like claws), growling, trying to scare Cora, who simply ran from him, laughing the whole way. This happened repeatedly, and was totally cracking us up!
Both kids thought it was fun to "steam roller" our legs. When Cora laid still for a few seconds, Monkey See, Monkey Do, and James laid down too.
Poor Baby Doll was still having a bit of a reaction to her shot(s) yesterday afternoon, so her cheeks were a bit red with fever. And later with sweat (as the house was a bit warm without AC and fans running, and the kids were expending LOTS of energy).
It didn't stop her from getting into EVERYTHING though. I can't wait to get this humidifier out of here!
Towards the end of the evening, when Jay and I were getting tired of playing "horsey" and being James' jungle gyms, we told him no more wrestling mama and Daddy. So he turned on Sissy. Good thing she's tough (especially for such a little thing - the boy outweighs her by 12 lbs)! Don't worry, he wasn't strangling her. He was tickling her. We think...
So, the final verdict? Once the scary thunder and lightening stops, power outages are fun for the kids. And us parents too. And all that running wild made both kids sleep straight through the night. Ahhh... This morning James walked into the kitchen, looked out the front windows, and declared "No big funder again. No raining again." I guess even with all the fun he had last night, he won't be liking storms for a while.
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