Making the Most of It

I thought I was smart on Sunday night and watched the news for the weather report. The weatherman very confidently reported that Monday would be partly cloudy with mild temperatures and no snow or rain in our area. He said if by SOME chance we DID have a snow or rain shower it would not last longer than .... wait for it.... 5 minutes. Does anyone recall yesterday's weather? Totally overcast ALL DAY with constant sprinkling of rain and occasional increased showers.

I'm a very trusting person.. I even trust weathermen. So I told my kids that seeing as it was a holiday we would do a special outdoor activity in the afternoon. Everyone got all excited, got ready and we piled into the car only to pull out into the soaking wet driveway and dark outdoors. I don't swear... but my thoughts weren't nice. I considered pulling straight back into the garage then and there but optimism was still there because the weatherman said the rain would only last 5 minutes and it would be at least a 20 minute drive to our destination... surely it would be done by then and the sun would break through the clouds drying up the land? Right? Right?

Okay so Monday's lesson was that weathermen are liars and you can't trust everyone. But I remembered that my boys are no sissys when it comes to rainy holidays. We have done many activities in the rain. Siteseeing, waterfall watching, hiking, going to the zoo, amusement park rides... why not add to it a farm with animals? Bring on the mud!




One of the reasons I wanted to go out was to have Sheriff take some pictures with his camera of Boots and I before she fully transitions home to her birthfamily. Boots is our little fostergirl (I call her boots because she loves her pink boots). Taking pictures of her and I didn't work however because she was tired, crying and screaming. The boys are smiling in the picture below because as I take their picture they think it is funny that Boots is having a temper tantrum at my feet.



It is time to go and get Boots home for her nap. We counted 11 different kinds of animals that we saw (that included the dead fish in the creek).



Wonder what we'll do on our next rainy holiday?