Rain to Sunshine

Today was one of those weird weather days that started out rainy and dreary and ended in beautiful skies and warm weather.  Allen had a doctor's appointment, so he was able to be home with us for most of the day and that always makes for fun.
Rachel took her first ever math "test" today and she did awesome!  I read the questions to her but she did all of the work by herself and got every single one correct.  While I was in the shower the kids practiced writing some numbers with Allen...again counting to 20 since we're talking about teeth.  Well, we're supposed to be talking about teeth.  Maybe tomorrow we'll talk about teeth.  When Allen went to his appointment, we trekked out to our favorite library for getting books and came home with easily 25 new books that we've never read before.  We found chapter books, science books, math books, Thomas books, a Dora book, and all kinds of books.  We left that library and went to Ms. Lisa's for a playdate because her daughter, Abby, is home on spring break.  The kids LOVE Abby and have so much fun playing with her.  I have so much fun playing with Ms. Lisa!  Allen met us there and with three adults and three kids, we had a great time.  Lisa loves our kids like they're here grandchildren (or nieces and nephew) and they love her more than just about anybody else in the world.  If we could ever sell this house, we would be so close by and that makes the kids happier than anything!  While we were at Lisa's the sun started to shine and things started to warm up.  By the time we got home, ate lunch, and took short naps, the weather was great to go outside.  Since it was still muddy, we went on a family walk and strolled around the neighborhood.  It was nice to get outside and go for a walk with everyone walking and enjoying the time.  Rachel and Ford wanted to run or jog most of the way.  It's hard to explain to them that if they run too fast on asphalt it's really going to hurt to crash, but I think that's a lesson you have to learn the hard way.  Luckily, no one learned that lesson today.  After walking, we came home and had some painting time on the back porch.  It was so nice to sit outside and paint and just hang out.  Okay, painting can get a little stressful, but it was still fun.  Then we got an invitation to come down the street and combine our dinner with Vanessa's dinner and have some play time with our buddies.  Now everyone is in bed (not asleep, but in bed) and the sun is starting to set.  It was a great day!