When it rains...

...it pours. It's been raining all day today. So my children (and myself) are a bit stir crazy. This is what has happened so far. I had to take all four of the teenage mutant ninja turtles away (two per kid) because they could not figure out how to share. The dams broke forth and the tears and wails didn't stop for literally 10 minutes. Then, I decided to check my email while the kids played on the porch.* I walked into my living room a few minutes later and saw two ride-on toys, a soccer goal, soccer balls, and sand box toys (with wet sand still in them) just inside the door. Gator claims that he wanted to play with me, so since I was inside, he was bringing the toys to me. How sweet. Here's Gator dragging the toys back outside.
And the wet sand that was left inside my house. By the way, vacuum cleaners make interesting sounds when vacuuming up wet sand, very high pitched and squealy.
Oh, and Bull was eating the sand, of course. All before 10:30 am! *Typically when it's raining, as long as no lightning is around, I let the kids play outside. They love it! One of my fondest memories of childhood is playing in the waterfall that came off our house at Tides Road. I think my mom has pictures of us.