The Old Man is Snoring & Little Johnny Wants to Play

Well, whether the playhouse was ready for weather or not, it came. I've never experienced a September storm like this (or one at all?). After being awakened at 1:00am because I thought someone had finally nuked San Francisco and I was just hearing the explosion, we spent the night enjoying the rare sound of thunder and watching our bedroom light up until the morning. Our window was open and we could smell and hear the rain. And we were amazed when the lightening to thunder count was 15 but it was still lighting up our room. The next day looked like this almost all day long...

and Thomas and Caelen had to take refuge under the eves when the rain started up again later that afternoon. Judging from the talk around town I think most people really enjoyed the change of pace. I know we did.

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... and what you can't see are the three bags of cucumbers, one bag of bell peppers and 2 other watermelons in our fridge. Yes, we're swimming in produce. But that's about it, as this time of the month is when I'm praising the Lord for stored up deer meat in the freezer and produce from the garden because every bill comes due at once and I'm counting the days until the next paycheck. I'm also trying to figure out how to make a fun new recipe out of venison and tomatoes for the fifth time that week....

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I forgot how hard this stage is, when all the baby wants to do is stand up. So they're clambering all over you, pulling hair and clothes just to stand up and be so proud. You hold them and they wiggle because they want to go but you set them down and they cry because they can't.

I'm smiling in this photo because Addison isn't whining, which is about all she does these days because she is smack dab in the aforementioned predicament.

My precious girls love the camera. They both pose in their own special way :)

Minutes later Caelen began singing Jesus Loves Me. Many months ago (I believe in one of my Jan 09 posts) I have a video of Caelen singing this while she's on time out. Here it is again 8 months later, complete with hand motions.