Rainy days

It has been raining here today. I love listening to the rain on the tin roof, smelling the clean smell of the air...it is nice to have a rainy day after a few nice sunny ones! The children were outside playing when it started so they decided to stay out and enjoy the rain. There is something magical about playing in the rain. I think it has something to do with the excitement of feeling the drops falling on your face while you dance around vicariously with your head raised to the sky, arms out while you twirl about shouting at the rain. At least this what happens at our house. :) Bathing suits were donned (which is a first because normally my little ones just strip down and run around, we can get away with that as we live in the middle of nowhere), and they proceeded to race around the yard and dash under the eaves to feel the stream of water tumbling off the roof. I thought about throwing our a bar of soap but grabbed my camera instead. ;) My youngest decided to try to catch the rain on her tongue.



Then the girls grabbed the umbrella and danced around while twirling it above their heads. It was then that I had visions of Mary Poppins pop into my head. They looked so cute together under that big ole umbrella! Do you see the smiles on those faces?


My son did not dance, he rode his bike. We just fixed his bike as it had a flat tire and I finally got the tube to replace the old one. Now that is all he wants to do is ride his bike, rain or shine.

Then they decided they were wet enough and came back into the house to dry off. Now the girls are playing with their baby dolls pretending to be mama's and my son is playing with his transfer truck making deliveries just like his dad! He thinks his dad has the coolest job in the world. Something about those big trucks fascinates him. Whenever we go somewhere on the highway he will call our each make of the transfer trucks we pass or that pass us. There goes a Freightliner, there is a Peterbuilt, etc. Nothing makes his day than when he gets to ride along in the big truck with his dad!

When they came in my daughter brought me this.
A beautiful flower from a beautiful girl!