Puddle Jumping…
Tropical Storm Hanna came through most of the day today. By the time it made it up the coast to our neck of the woods, it was a fair amount of warm rain, but not too much and no dangerous winds (at least so far and now the sun is starting to pop out of the clouds again).

Robert and I took advantage of the let up in the rain and went puddle hunting with his boots. We found a GREAT one! Just down the street in the tot lot. I did insist we continue our hunt around the neighborhood before coming back so he could plumb the depths next to the swings. Robert wanted to try the swing but I don’t have boots and decided I didn’t really want to wade over there to help him into the swing — besides, his pants would just get wet. We came home and made Sarah watch as we dumped the water out of his boots.

The most careful observers will note that the top photo was actually taken later than the bottom photo. In the bottom photo it’s still raining a bit and Robert’s pants are mostly dry. In the top photo, the rain has stopped and Robert’s pants are much less dry (but I still didn’t want to wade out to help him into the swing). I’m not sure he thought it was OK to get his pants (and feet) that wet. But I explained that we’d get a laugh out of Sarah coming back like that.