Forecast: Rainy With a Chance of Rain
Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 9:53PM It rained all day today. And by all day, I mean ALL DAY. From the time we got up this morning until now (although it has definitely tapered off). The land has been quenched momentarily. Christian kept saying throughout the day,"I wish it was like this in California." They have been discussing the fires in his class as they talk about current events.
Since we were stuck inside and it was a Saturday so we had no place in particular to be anyway, I made a big, late breakfast. We had bacon, eggs, and scones. Except my dough was much too soft, so I made muffins. We could call them scuffins. While I was getting all the ingredients mixed together I noticed Eliana out of the corner of my eye; she was behaving oddly. She was standing in a chair next to me at the kitchen counter. I looked at her and realized she was making faces at herself in the mixer bowl.
She would lean in and then lean back out. She smiled, and pulled her mouth back, and then made kissy lips. She was so funny to watch...
And that was probably the highlight of the day. I can't say that my kids love to be holed up in a house for an entire day with nothing to look at but one another, even though there are countless things to do here.
We tried rearranging Michaela's bedroom, but it didn't work and everything ended up pretty much back where it was in the start. Ending up exactly where you began always makes you feel like you got a lot done.
We did run one errand to the library, just to return books in the outdoor drop box, but other than that they were subjected to listening to the rain pour down on the roof and gush off the sides of the house for hours and hours. I tried to clean up a little bit, but not with great success.
I managed to get Mike's clothes for church ironed right after dinner...that is a major accomplishment. Writing that sentence was also a major accomplishment considering I wrote "manj" and deleted it and wrote it again at least ten times in a row.
I will now share with you some things that I learned today.
- Listening to the rain makes my kids want to eat. Every single minute.
- Leaving your bacon grease to clean up later is not the easy way to go.
- Tired two-year-olds are very cross. (I really already knew this, but got a good dose of a reminder today.)
- Putting Magic Shell on Breyers Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream is totally unnecessary.
Some of this knowledge may be useful to you and some of it is utterly useless information. Sorry.
It is now pouring again; late at night when all of my children are asleep in their beds I enjoy listening to the sound. Maybe it will lull me to sleep in a little while. First, I have some potties to clean. These are the joys of housekeeping...
life together
Reader Comments (7)
Ummm... Magic Shell is never unnecessary. That is something I have had to ban from my life. Seriously, I love it and all of it's bizarre hardening chocolatey goodness. Have you ever had Reese's Magic Shell. Oh, good heavens!!
Thanks for making me salivate...
I think I overdid it...you know, too much of a good thing? This, coming from the most immoderate person on the planet. Me. I have to say, though, that the Breyers MCC is much better unadorned. Maybe vanilla is the way to go...
I can definitely appreciate your obsession, however.
great post, I love your sweet girl! I hate potty cleaning especially at night, I love the rain though, we went to the park last time it poured with every intention of getting muddy...it was a good day.
Ugh. You reminded me that I need to go clean out Faith's dresser. At least I know going in that the furniture only fits one way.
I have not tried Magic Shell. Should I be afraid?
Sorry, I disagree...chocolate on chocolate is never unnecessary. ;D
Jana, I read about that-it looked like a lot of fun! And sadly (or maybe not so sadly) I have to say I was not able to clean the toilets because my youngest woke up and with her its complicated once she does that. Ha.
Mindee, I cannot believe you have never had Magic Shell. It is an abnormal food substance that begins as a liquid and hardens into a chocolate shell (there are other varieties as well) over your ice cream. And yes, you should be afraid. It is an extra 600 calories, all of them fat. Very bad.
Karen, I will never hold it against someone how they eat their chocolate!