Finally! A break in the weather!

This summer the head has been oppressive. We did our best to overcome the oppression by going to the pool late in the afternoon and doing our weekly outside playdate in the morning at fairly shady parks. And now, after all of the effort to deal with the heat, we are finally served with a beautiful gray day with light showers.

It was the perfect day for the guys to go out with their new Thomas the Tank Engine umbrellas and get wet in the rain. The pictures below are from the beginning of their outside adventures, but by the end of the 30+ minutes outside, they were both pretty darn wet. Apparently it isn't that exciting to hold umbrellas over your head. Instead, it is much better to leave the on the ground to collect as much rain as possible (while getting yourself wet in the rain), and then pour any accumulation over either your head or your brother's.

And, when they came inside, I had sweatpants and t-shirts. That's right, I said "sweatpants". Now that it's only 75* today, I feel that I need to keep my kids bundled up. Oh well, we should be back in the high 80's tomorrow, so it'll be back to shorts and sandals. But for today, I'm enjoying the rain, the coolness, and the relaxation associated with a rainy day.