Early birthday gumboots.
This morning I was disorganised.
Slow to get moving and generally dragging the chain. I wanted to stay in bed. I wanted to lie in and read. I wanted to pretend that I didn’t have to get up and get the kids moving for school, the babies dressed and fed…it was a stay in your PJs kind of day. It was raining, grey and the morning air was cool.
Of course at about 4:30 this morning my reality set in with the entrance of Ivy and Noah. Ha ha ha hahahahahahahahahaha (insert half crazed laugh here).
My little rays of sunshine!
Thank goodness daylight savings starts this weekend. I don’t know what I’m whinging about really. Getting up at 4:30 when you only went to bed at midnight is just so refreshing!
The key point in this story so far is that it was raining…alot.
What do you think I spent a large part of my day doing?
Can you guess?
Does the title give it away?
Sometime after breakfast Immy came screaming out of our bedroom.
"Mu - um! Noah has just found his birthday gumboots and he won’t put them back"!!!!! (Darn, I knew it was way too quiet)!
So what would you do? Would you insist on the (not very well hidden) wellies going back in their hiding place because it was still a full month until their birthday or would you just give them to the little guy, with eyes shining bright, because he had aquired his very first pair of gumboots?
Me too.
And if you gave those boots to the almost two year old boy would you then deny the almost two year old little girl because she hadn’t been snooping?
Me either.
So, here I was on a rainy day with twin toddlers and their brand spanking new (almost) birthday gumboots.
Gee, what will I do?
Of course, after a nap and some lunch we went outside and splashed in the rain puddles. What else would you do?
It’s not like I really had a choice.
I think if I hadn’t have released them into the yard, our house would be lacking a door right now because, you know, a glass door can only take so much rattling, head banging and smacking. You can only bellow at a door so often before it breaks, so you see, the choice was really taken out of my hands.
So we went outside, in the rain.
Ivy, Noah, my mum (who had arrived during nap time) and I. They had a ball. They got wet. They splashed around.
Did I mention they got wet?
It was fun and I took photos.
Want to see?
I’ve hidden the rest of their parcels, again, so they will have something left come the end of November.
Those are great! It’s been raining here for days, the baby isn’t old enough to love wellies, I hope the sun comes out again soon.
Comment by Dawn — October 25, 2007 @ 10:06 pm
My Immy is excited to read of another Immy! Great name choices.
Comment by Cellobella — October 25, 2007 @ 11:03 pm
Thye look gorgeous Tiff.Great minds think alike - I took S & J out this morning (in the light rain) to stomp and splash in puddles but no gumboots. Freaky … we had same rain in same state. J loved it but S cried and was a clingon
Comment by Trish — October 25, 2007 @ 11:15 pm
Really nice photos! I wish I could take nice photos
It rained here too y’day.
Comment by Karen (Misc Mum) — October 26, 2007 @ 7:21 am
Gorgeous. I totally see how the decision was taken out of your hands hehehe.
Comment by Veronica — October 27, 2007 @ 2:58 pm