Lauren with her hair blowing in the wind.
Notice her turtleneck sweater? Well, I was cleaning out under the stairs today and pulled out a bag of too small clothes for Lauren and she pulled some of her clothes out and just couldn't get rid of them. This is one item she insisted on keeping and wearing.
Rachel enjoying the wind
Rachel and Friend Isabele
Matthew, Kyler, Jango Fett and a Stormtrooper
Hula Hoop Games!
Go Rachel!
Ethan and his WindBoard!
Friday night after dinner we told the kids we were all going to take a shower, make some muffins for breakfast the next morning and then make our beds in front of the TV and have a movie night till we all fell asleep while we were waiting for Hurricane IKE to come. Well, we ended up having a Hurricane Party in our cul-de-sac with all the neighbors. It was a great way to get the kids all ready for bed with no showers. They had lots of fun playing in the wind without any rain. All the mom's must have been inside relaxing while they could and the Dad's stood outside telling stories. Steve had the kids all go get skate boards and beach towels and built them a WindBoard to scoot down the street with. There is video below that also gives you an idea of how windy it was just starting to get. I was the only Mom outside because I couldn't relax. After getting Steve home from the hospital, I realized how I relieve stress. I clean. I could not stop cleaning and for what. I think the not knowing what was going to happen was really stressing me out. We were prepared, but there is always more that can be done and I just kept on doing. I finally stopped and went outside to spend time with my family. We were out there until about 9:45, when all the electricity went out.
Notice her turtleneck sweater? Well, I was cleaning out under the stairs today and pulled out a bag of too small clothes for Lauren and she pulled some of her clothes out and just couldn't get rid of them. This is one item she insisted on keeping and wearing. 
Rachel enjoying the wind 
Rachel and Friend Isabele 
Matthew, Kyler, Jango Fett and a Stormtrooper 
Hula Hoop Games! 
Go Rachel! 
Ethan and his WindBoard! 
Friday night after dinner we told the kids we were all going to take a shower, make some muffins for breakfast the next morning and then make our beds in front of the TV and have a movie night till we all fell asleep while we were waiting for Hurricane IKE to come. Well, we ended up having a Hurricane Party in our cul-de-sac with all the neighbors. It was a great way to get the kids all ready for bed with no showers. They had lots of fun playing in the wind without any rain. All the mom's must have been inside relaxing while they could and the Dad's stood outside telling stories. Steve had the kids all go get skate boards and beach towels and built them a WindBoard to scoot down the street with. There is video below that also gives you an idea of how windy it was just starting to get. I was the only Mom outside because I couldn't relax. After getting Steve home from the hospital, I realized how I relieve stress. I clean. I could not stop cleaning and for what. I think the not knowing what was going to happen was really stressing me out. We were prepared, but there is always more that can be done and I just kept on doing. I finally stopped and went outside to spend time with my family. We were out there until about 9:45, when all the electricity went out. 
2 comments:
This "Steve-activity" took me back to my childhood. IF we had lived in Hurricane territory, I'm sure Steve would have had us younger kids playing like this!
It looks like your neighborhood made the best of the pre-Ike evening! Ours was eerily quiet that night. I always have to clean out Emily's closet when she's not around because like Lauren, she always ends up pulling out stuff that she just can't bear to part with yet!
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