Kylie May and Some Wild Weather Day 174

In Southern California during the end of August the last thing you expect (besides an ice age) is a flash flood/Thunderstorm.  You have to be careful though, because sometimes, it is exactly those things that you least expect that jump up and bite ya! Fortunately, Kylie being the future cub scout that she is, took one smell of the weather and warned us that we should probably head inside. Ok, so I'm not buying that either, but it did just so happen that we had just come inside before our bright blue sky turned black and the clouds turned the faucet on full blast.  It was fun to see Kylie trying to make sense out of all the falling water and wind.  We stood out on our front porch while Kylie shifted her gaze across the rapidly overflowing landscape before us.  She was interested for sure, but impressed?....only mildly.

After the storm slowed, and all our friends rowed in (Outbackers coming over for a fantasy football draft) things really got fun for Missy May.  Why? because we had a house full of people, and if there is one thing that Kylie loves just slightly less than nursing, it's a house full of people.  The real kicker is that the big group included a few babies.  Talk about fun.  One of the little ones was just slightly older than Kylie and we always enjoy seeing babies close to her age.  Watching them do similar developmental activities is one of those little things that you have to be a parent to enjoy (at least that's what other parents have said). 

The draft was a hit (Even our friend Jenna joined us via Skype...all the way from Bristol, CT), but in sadder news Kylie only got to stay for about half an hour before it was time to go hang out with grandma Carol for a few hours.  They laughed, they cried, they fell asleep....and then the party was over and Kylie was home.   Just another day filled with smiles and memories.

more to come soon,

-Craig-

She couldn't stand the sight of the rain, knowing that I had just washed the car yesterday

Just talking a little draft strategy before the big event kicked off

We only just discovered that so many people could cram into our little living room....Even Jenna (on the computer) squeezed in for the fantasy draft