Flashback Friday

Rain storms. That is what we did not have much of this summer. But here are some classics from summers past:

Jake enjoying one of our biggest downpours in August 05 at 15 months:

This is about as classic as it gets. Just look at that face!

Jadyn enthralled with an early storm in July 07 at 14 months:

Another one of the bigger storms in August 07. We got so much rain the kids were swimming in the puddles:



And finally last year at ages 2 and 4:

While we did experience some thunder and lightning this year, the storms were very isolated and never seemed to hit us. The first week of school however, we did get a little rain. Although it was nothing compared to what we usually see, I was so thankful because the kids had been crying for it to rain all summer and did not quite understand why I could not just make it happen with the snap of my fingers. And as a sign of the kids getting older, with this storm they decided to experiment with an umbrella. At least they shared it: