3pm
Peaceful house after two little girls had their naps. Dad is holding baby Cate, Liz is sitting in her chair. Mulan, our current favorite Disney movie, graces the TV screen. Mom is in kitchen, BAKING, of all things. Graham cracker cupcakes with key lime icing--they sound good, don't they? That's why she decided to bake.
A storm is gaining strength outside--wind blowing, trees swaying, sky graying. The lights flicker for a moment, then all of a sudden--darkness.
5pm
Electricity remains off. This means peanut butter and fluff sandwiches for dinner.
7pm
Still no electricity. Go out for a walk because no one wants to be in the house. The rest of the neighborhood liked the idea, too. Someone says he's gotten in touch with the electric company: power to be restored on August 4th. ...they're joking, right?
10pm
Take a drive to Walmart for ice but they are sold out of ice. Lovely.
10:20pm
Put the girls to bed and climb into bed ourselves. Not much one can do in complete darkness! Mom and Dad know it is going to be a long night...
Monday, July 26, 2010
4am
It is so hot and stuffy even though every window in the place is open. Liz wakes up; Dad says to Mom, "Well, how about a trip to NJ?" He has a high adventure trip Wed-Sat, so why the heck not? Car is then packed and they head for the beach!
The girls and I spent the whole week with Pop-pop, Mimi, Aunt Katie, Aunt Julia, and Uncle Joe. We had a blast, as usual :) Chris joined us on Saturday night. (FYI: our power returned late Monday night, thankfully.)
Some pictures from the week in NJ:
3 comments:
Gah! The redness is killing me with how awesome it is! :)
I'm glad you get to escape - power outages are ridiculous.
Yikes! Glad you could go for a visit to your fam - and that's good that it was back on before Aug 4, that would have been INSANE! I love the girls' matching outfits! So precious!
So funny that one girl came out Hispanic and the other came out Irish. Both are cute!
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