Our rainy day activity!

Like everyone else around here, we are tired of the rain. By the way, I don't even want to hear the word "drought" mentioned this summer! :-) I've been battling a killer cold/cough and haven't been in the mood to seek out fun, indoor places to play like the mall or library. So today Rachel asked to get her rain coat on and play in the rain and I said, "Why not?". So we put on a coat and a rain coat on top of that, plus her umbrella and she played for almost an hour! It was her goal to collect enough rain water in her bucket to fill the plastic basket on the back of her old trike. So, she walked around the house until she found a good drain pipe and made trips back and forth with her bucket. She loved it and took the job seriously! At one point, she was so happy that she was actually skipping through the rain! The funniest part was that she kept trying to get Nutmeg to shake so that she could collect the water off of her fur. Mommy enjoyed watching from a comfy chair in the dry garage, while sneaking peeks at a good book once in a while. When I finally made her come in out of the rain, we warmed her up in a hot shower and bundled her up in her jammies and robe. A perfect afternoon for Rachel!