Today was a pretty gross day, weather wise. Not to mention, we were all running on very little sleep, thanks to some kids I know who spent hours kicking their closet doors and causing pure destruction well after bedtime last night.  We are technically still under “tornado watch” until 10 pm,  which worries me a little bit, but my awesome southern friends told me how to prepare.  At this point, it looks like the chances of us getting it here are slim to none and for that, I am thankful.  This morning started off with Jackson unlocking the front door and walking out.  I obviously caught him and asked him what he was doing and he said “I’m walking to G’s (my mom) house now.  See you later.  Have fun!”

Earlier this afternoon,  Jackson, not so accidentally, locked Taylor in the boys’ bedroom.  She got mad at him and screamed “Hey! You locked me in the boy room! If you are going to lock me somewhere, at least put me in my room where there’s really cool girl stuff.  This is a stinky penis room and it supposed to smell like flowers.”

Tonight, while trying to distract the kids and dog from the thunder and lightning, we had a movie night and a chip party.  During said chip party, Jackson took one chip out of Joseph’s supply, just because. Joseph lost it and desperately tried to get that one exact chip out of his brother’s mouth by prying his lips open.  It didn’t work so well and many tears were involved.  We followed movie night up with reading a ton of books.  Taylor kind of went off to the side to read her own book when Jackson came over and started to turn the pages on her.  She said “Jack! Get away!  Can’t you see I’m reading here?”  As if on cue, Joseph showed up and began to do the same thing and Taylor said “Oh come on! Seriously, Joseph? Not you too!”  She doesn’t even realize how funny she is.

Ranger is petrified of thunder, but thankfully he had his best girl help to calm him down by snuggling with him.  Once the rain and thunder ended, Taylor looked outside and said “Wow! I love when it rains because then we get rainbows and puddles to jump in!”  Perspective is everything.