This is how I spent most of the day, at the wheel of a car in an absolute downpour. While I am very thankful that I am not in the midst of a hurricane, it was a pretty draining day, my five hour drive taking nearly eight instead. Quite often, the highways were like parking lots. Other times, I crawled along at a snail’s pace, barely able to see 20 feet in front of me because it was raining so hard. I am now nominating Ellery for sainthood, as she only cried for fifteen minutes of the whole journey.
But I made it home. I think each of the kids grew about four inches while I was gone. They each looked freakishly big, it’s really weird. As I was staring at Neko I was thinking there was something different about her hair, how she seemed to have some longish bangs just in front. Did Tom take them for haircuts? (No.) I ultimately dragged out of her that she got some blue tape caught in her hair and she decided to cut it out. I swear we have all the scissors hidden and Tom has no idea when this event occurred. We have obviously reached the sneaky age, and I am making a mental note to keep a much closer eye on her.
Then we all stayed up way too late, including me. After the kids went to bed, I unloaded the bags and tucked my kid purchases into hiding places to save for a rainy day or Xmas.
Which brings me back to this morning, before the torrential downpour. I went to the Land of Nod store, which ranks right up there with IKEA on the drool-inducing scale. I considered pitching a tent and moving in because everything was so very fun. Which, in retrospect, might have been a good idea, considering the eight hours I had ahead of me.