Rainy days are here and never going away

Last month there was a record rain fall here in Southern California and it continues. I usually spend so much of my time outdoors that I am not sure what to do with myself in 40 degree temps and cold rain. It is definitely out of my norm.

Erik just went through a growth spurt and officially grew out of his 3T size. So when I put all of those clothes away I realized how few winter shirts and pants we had for him. So shopping we went and in the process I finally got Erik his rain boots. He picked them out himself, his favorite color yellow.

Now we can officially play in the rain without me freaking out and worrying about them getting their tennis shoes soaked. Elliot is wearing Erik's rain gear from last year, it still a size too big in the feet and jacket but it is doing the job for now.

My kids were stuck inside a house or mall or car all of yesterday so today I decided to send them outside for a bit in their rain gear. I did this with Erik last year and he had so much fun splashing in the puddles. This year completely different. Our backyard has new meaning and new purpose as we redid it. So today what happened was complete confusion. Erik says to me "Mommy everything is wet, we can't play" I told him he had new rain boots on and to go splash in some puddles. He tried it a couple of times.

In the meantime Elliot wandered around in the sprinkling rain completely confused on where to be or what to do and just frowned and walked around. Even my hint to splash in a puddle didn't cheer this guy up. In his defense he is starting to get sick today.

  

  

I did get these boys to pose for one cute rainy day picture that is probably soon going to go on my wall.

Here is Erik begging me to go inside because he didn't understand how he could play in the rain when all of his toys are wet. He is a total ham today.

So rainy day play attempt was a failure, but later when I took out the bikes in the front yard, bikes that were dry, they played and burned it all off. Moral, don't give up after the first failure.