Positively Mom Street

yum yum good. The kiddos love love love having breakfast for dinner.  And we are lucky enough to have an IHOP around the corner.  Yes - the Hopper.   Not my favorite place but occasionally it's greasy goodness just hits the spot. Tonight was one of those nights.  We all went swimming - I sat in the hot tub (heaven) - then we headed to IHOP.   As we pulled into the parking lot Harlyn got all excited and started yelling "Eating, Eating, Eating" in her little high pitched voice.  Sometimes she is just sweetness.

So...if you aren't familiar with Colorado weather, rain is an unusual thing.  The climate is pretty dry - technically a high altitude desert - which is one of the reasons why I am so happy here.  I hate precipitation of any kind - and find rain to be particularly offensive. As luck would have it we had a very wet late Spring and are apparently on track for a very wet early Fall.  It has been raining non-stop since early this afternoon.  I literally cringe when rain hits my skin - oh so cold and damp - so I broke down and purchased an umbrella.  It is the first umbrella I have owned in probably 15 years. I took the kids to the gym as usual and of course it was STILL RAINING when we got there.  I get everyone out of the car and pop open my new handy-dandy umbrella. The kids were transfixed.  Apparently neither of them has ever seen an umbrella!!!  Harlyn was particularly funny - she kept calling it a "Cinderbrella" and couldn't stop pointing o...