Tropical Flood Fay Pics

Some of these have nothing to do with the actual storm, they are just shots of how we passed our time stuck in the house. From top to bottom:

Anna sleeping in her new big girl bed. She sleeps with her hair all spread over the pillow and she folds her little hands before she goes to sleep. Yes, I have finally gotten her to sleep independently of me but I sneak in and take pictures of her while she is sleeping.

Jake the Koala Bear Webkinz getting some emergency surgery. I selected white thread to match his fur, but Jonathan insisted on blue, "because then he'll look cool!"

The road that we could not drive down (we saw big trucks make it just fine, but no cars attempted it)

Jonathan chair surfing. It's funny what kids come up with when they are really bored like this.

Dave digging our trenches in the front yard, which really did work. I am grateful for the memory of my former stepdad Captain Roy out digging trenches in our yard during a hurricane at Matte Drive. He was wearing a big yellow raincoat and little else. It really stuck with me for some reason (I think it was the raincoat) and I thought of it yesterday.

Jonathan showing off his balancing hanger. He was playing in his room, and he came out saying that he had balanced the hanger. He was adding weight first to one side, and then the other, to get it to balance. When he almost had it, he had to add a binder clip to the wallet. He kept testing it to see if it would swing down on one side when he hung it up. (I am sure you all get the concept of balance, but I think it is interesting that Jonathan was teaching himself this during the storm.)