Today Noah came downstairs with his little toolbox, bored, looking for something to hammer or screw. I sent him to tighten knobs. Maybe instead I should have told him to start building an ark. For those of you lucky enough to not be in New England, let me be the one to inform you that it has been raining here for three weeks.
I'm not exaggerating.
I can remember two days in the last three weeks that we had sun, and luckily we took advantage of them. One day we went to the beach with my mom for the day, and the other we went to the pool. All other days it has poured, showered, been misty... just about every possible variation of rain you can come up with. It started while the kids were still in school, but they are now home. What to do?
First, you tell yourself you did in fact make the right decision when building a family room in the basement. It has been a lifesaver. We have had play dates and the kids can go down there and just have space. Even I found myself down there reading yesterday because it was quiet. Yes, thank goodness for the basement.
Second, you take advantage of the dry time when you get it. The other day the kids and I were walking through the mall and we saw sun coming through the skylights. We quickly hurried out of there, and on the way home I called friends telling them to come over to play wiffle ball in the yard. Of course by the time our friends got here it was a torrential rain, but again, thank goodness for that basement!
Today I finally broke down and took the kids to the movies, as did everyone else in a 30 mile radius. Looking at the 10-day forecast there is only one day that isn't described with shower, rain or thunderstorm, so it doesn't look like it will dry up any time soon. I suppose I'll keep coming up with ideas and things to keep us busy. It could be worse. I could be dragging sprinklers around my brown lawn.
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