Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Wet With Cabin Fever

Thanks to Hurricane/Tropical Storm Fay, we've been out of school for 2 days now. Thankfully, neither day was really warranted for where we are (And be assured that our hearts go out to those whose lives have been drastically changed by this storm. There are folks who are going to need a LOT of help after all this.)

But seriously, the storm path has pretty much looked like this:



So the school boards keep shutting down the schools! I can't blame them, but there's only so much time you can stay indoors before you begin contemplating putting yourself on ebay.

A friend and I decided to combine forces. There is some weird law of nature that says the more kids you combine, the more they will occupy each other & stop annoying you. (up to an unspecified limit!). Since our kids are essentially the same ages, it worked well.

We baked lots of chocolately goodies (krispy treats, chocolate chip cookie bar, cheesecake cheeseball, and chocolate pudding pie, pictured here)



The girls played Barbies.


Lots of dress up.


Pop in a movie when we can't think of any more indoor stuff.


Toss the kids outside when we can't take the running around anymore!


They're ingenious - check out their rain shelters!


Checking out the storm that isn't there (this was while the eye was over us).


The storm inside was far greater than the one outside!!


The eye has passed us, so we are back in wet, rainy conditions. Schools are supposed to be open tomorrow, though. Fingers crossed - we are not out of the woods yet, since the storm is going to pass back over us AGAIN (remember that road sign?!), but we are in good shape for now.

1 comment:

. said...

Inside child-induced hurricanes you can live with! They only take a couple of hours to clean up after ;) I'm very glad that the worst of Fay has past you by and that you remain unscathed!!

and mmmmmmmm....chocolate cookies!

xMx