1.21.10: What is rain?

(Stella/sitting, Fiona/tan pants, Daphne/crawling)

Adding to my list of things I take for granted, the constant sunshine in southern California. Today was the fourth day of rain (in a row!). We aren't talking about the mild drizzle of Seattle but crazy downpour, streets flooding, national news sort of rain. Needless to say we haven't been able to go for a walk lately due to the rain. I realized how much the girls and I enjoy those daily walks now that we haven't been able to go on them. Often they take a nap while we are strolling, but with no walk - that means no nap.

I even resorted to putting the girls in their stroller and pushing them around our 8'x10' tile floor trying to convince them we were on a walk (terrible, I know). It worked, sort of. They stayed quiet but rarely napped. This made for some crankier evenings, which is understandable.

I did find it adorable how the girls would just stare at the rain instead of playing for the first day or two. They haven't really seen heavy rain much if at all. Although, even they found it uninteresting by the third day.

Also notable is the development of a jagged gum for Daphne in the bottom front (I would estimate a tooth actually showing in the next week). Fiona and Stella each have two bottom teeth showing that stick out more and more each day.