Monsoons!!!

The last few days monsoon season has been finally kicking in. Woohoo! I'm sure the firefighters around here are very happy about that. Maybe they'll get a break after this crazy busy fire season.

Today we got a real good storm blowing through. Rachel stood at the back door watching the rain for a good long while, and we had to close the screen door so she and Annie wouldn't go out while it was still lightning so close. But we still could feel the lovely cool air and hear the rain. Annie was a BIG fan. She kept crawling to the back door, touching the screen and rubbing the water around a bit, then turning around with a huge smile on her face, running to me (if you can run when you're crawling), then she'd pull up, sit down, turn around and go back to the screen door and do it all again. It was so funny. Especially the part where she got to the tile after she'd been playing with the water. She'd slip every time and do a belly flop. Luckily no face plants. :)

Rachel was fascinated with the rain, too, but it was hard for her to decide between watching the rain and lightning and cutting with her scissors (her newest favorite pastime). She went back and forth and back and forth.

It totally reminded me of me and my brothers growing up. We lived for monsoons-especially Justin, my older brother-and when we started to hear thunder we'd run around and open all the curtains and watch the rain and lightning. Good memories! I'm happy to see my girls are big monsoon fans, too. :)

And a good storm wouldn't be complete without jumping in puddles and playing in the rain a bit. After the lightning had quieted down a bit and it was just sprinkling a little I let Rachel go out and play in it for a little while. Of course Annie arched her back and squirmed to get down and play with the water, too. So I had Rachel hold Annie up so I could get a few pictures of them.

Annie, however, is very squirmy and hard for a 3-year-old to hold up, so she fell in the wet grass a few times. She did not like the feel of the wet grass. Her happiness only lasted so long.

At least Rachel was happy. :)