A few weeks ago I told the girls that they could play outside in the rain, as long as it wasn't storming or too cold. Making this promise probably wasn't such a smart thing to do since we are in the middle of a drought. There have been so many days that rain was in the forecast, the skies darken, and then the rain goes right past our area and we remain bone dry.
On this past Thursday, the chance of rain was 70%, the highest chance in over a month. I put Amelia down for her nap and told Allison that she had to sit down for some quiet time. I closely watched the radar and could see rain everywhere on the radar, everywhere except over our neighborhood where there was a clear patch.
Finally the rain came. Allison and I tried to wake up Amelia, but she wanted nothing to do with it - she was out cold. So I bundled Allison up in her rain coat and boots. She had a ball walking around with the umbrella. After a while, Allison had enough and went back in the house.
A few minutes after Allison went inside, Amelia woke up and came down excited that it was raining out. I put the boots and rain coat on her and we headed outside. At first, Amelia wasn't sure what to make out of it. I had to encourage her to splash in the puddles and run around. The rain then really started to come down and Amelia ditched the umbrella so she could take full advantage of every puddle and splash to her hearts content (of course this was after I put the camera away).
