Life: Idiotropic

So, summer is not so summery here. I had the list of a million and one great places to take the kids this summer all planned out, but now each day the clouds roll in just in time to rain on our plans, and then when we've settled into the idea of staying home, the sun shines and taunts us to rethink them. Again, just as the shoes go on, it will rain again. I think the sun and the clouds are playing a really drawn out game of hide and seek and we earthlings here are just the poor victims. The sun, unfortunately, is the better player and doesn't stay out long enough to dry the playgrounds or to make the hour long to some great location worth the risk of torrential downpours. It feels like winter. I seem to remember last June being like this... may be it will end by August. Either that or I will sprout some webbed feet.

The photo? Desperate to get outside no matter what the conditions, this last heavy downpour brought my three youngest girls running upstairs to find me begging excitedly for umbrellas. So, I gave in. Aria and Luci played in the ran with umbrellas, stomping in puddles and getting soaked despite the colorful covers. Elise ran around in her purple rain coat, splashing, and crouching under sister's umbrella when the heaviest rains hit. Tante Tinny thinks we're a bit crazy, but she's used to it now and doesn't think twice when the thunder claps are followed with the peals of laughter and giggles from my girls playing outside her door.