Friday, April 01, 2005
We've had a lot of rain lately here in Connecticut which means, of course, that we've had to do a lot of puddle jumping. One of our favorite things to do in the spring and summer is to go on "rain walks." All we do is watch for the gutters to fill up, pull on our rubber boots and raincoats (or swimsuits and water shoes if it's warm enough) and head out into the rain. So this week, as soon as it was warm enough and the gutters were filled to overflowing, Noah, Denver and I headed outside. First thing we always do is look for worms. Noah especially loves to find and hold worms. Lucky for us there were several worms out and about, so we scooped them up and tossed them into our indoor lawn (or rather, the grass we've grown in a bucket on the kitchen table.) I figured worms are good for lawns so why not toss a few in our tabletop garden. Ever since, whenever the boys find a worm they insist on picking it up and tossing it into the bucket, where it will be safe from "drying out." Its sort of become our little "worm haven" there on our kitchen table.
Anyway, after saving 5 or 6 worms we pulled out the bubbles and bikes for a little while. The Easter Bunny brought Noah a giant bubble maker and we decided to give it a try. Turns out to be a fabulous purchase on the Easter Bunny's part. Even Denver seemed to be a pro at making giant bubbles with very little effort. Anyway after chasing after giant bubbles and riding bikes, Noah was tired of waiting for the rain walk. So we set off for our favorite destination on a rainy day--the local stream that runs behind our neighborhood. There's a little landing right on the water that is very rocky and where the water is very shallow. The boys love to wade in the water with their boots on and toss rocks into the deeper parts of the water. So we jumped puddles from our house to there and spent about half an hour tossing rocks. I'm hoping we'll be seeing a few drier days this next week so we can dry out and maybe fly a kite or have a real picnic at the park. But then again, one of my own favorite childhood memories is sitting on the curb on East Evans Place, in the middle of a rainstorm, stopping the water with my bare feet and watching for rainbows. So I suppose, a few more days of rain won't hurt us too much. After all it's these April Showers that bring May Flowers. . . right?
    
posted by Shana # 9:35 PM 
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