So what's going on with all this rain here in Austin?? As my mother would say it's been "come a flood" for what feels like days now, and I don't think we're done yet! I can't complain really though because it's made for some nice, long nap times for Matt and some wet, soggy playtime outside.
Steven has been out of town since Saturday on a road trip to Phoenix with his father and brother. My father-in-law, Ken, has an old college buddy that lives there who has an old '37 Ford (I think that's the year!) that they used to carouse around in back in the day. So the boys trekked out there to see the sights and to bring the old car back for a little t.l.c. & a fun project for Ken. Matthew and I have missed Steven very much, and Matt asks about him all day long. "Da-da, Da-da?" he says with arms up in a questioning motion like he can't find him. I don't think he really grasps what a "trip" is. Thankfully, Steven comes back home tomorrow some time so Matt will get some good daddy time in.
I've been working at HPBC's VBS all this week, and Matthew has come along with me. He gets to play in the childcare area while I man the HUGE inflatable slide for the preschoolers. Matt's handled himself pretty well without me for that 4 hour period. Today he didn't nap at all during VBS, and as I predicted he fell asleep in the car on the way home. Yesterday afternoon we took advantage of the light sprinkling rain and played outside on the patio. You can see that Matthew was entranced by the trickle of water pouring from the roof and later decided to water the rocks and then make sure the water tasted okay. It was pretty darn cute. We blew bubbles and Matthew pushed his mower around on the patio. After an hour or so, he was completely soaked and I was well on my way so we headed inside. Matt wolfed down his dinner and hit the sack at 6:30 not to wake up until 7:30 the next morning. The boy was worn slap out and I reaped the benenfits of a few extra mintues of sleep myself!
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