So, if anyone has been watching the news lately, you might have heard about all of the flooding in Nashville! It is so crazy here! Interstates are closed, people in their cars were stranded and stuck bobbing around, one of the videos even showed part of a portable classroom sailing down the street. It is being described as "the worst flooding the city has seen in more than three decades".
Weather issues aside, we had some special visitors come in town on Saturday! Sally, Ronin, and Maeve came to visit us! We had such a fun (and exhausting) day playing with the kiddos!
Here's a little play-by-play of the day...
Once the Badoud's arrived, the boys needed a little time to warm up to each other. They were both being pretty shy and quiet at first. Actually, I take that back... Ronin was being shy and quiet and Luke was on high alert trying to keep Maeve and Ronin from playing with his toys! It was hilarious - my poor boy isn't used to having other kids at "his" house playing with "his" toys. The experience was definitely good for him!
So, the two of them got reacquainted, we fed them lunch, then put them both down for naps. While they slept, we got some good, quality Maeve time!
(hi Maeve!)
She is just the cutest and sweetest little girl and was walking all over the place with her little "Thriller walk" (arms up, hands down... you know, like the "Thriller" dance in MJ's video?). Yes, walking already at 10 months (she actually started walking at 9 months - amazing!!) and that girl is fast! She was relishing her alone time without the two crazy boys running around!
Once the boys got up, we played musical beds, and it was Maeve's turn to sleep.
The boys were full of energy and in no time, were chasing each other around the house and having a grand old time!
(sometimes it is just more fun to get IN the toy box)
Ronin taught Luke a lot about SHARING and HELPING!
Luke was quick to immediately turn on the waterworks whenever Ronin would "steal" something from him - when, in fact, Ronin was really just trying to help him out! For example, Luke was getting frustrated because he couldn't flip open a cell phone (yes, we have an old cell phone that we no longer use in the toy box). Ronin, being the sweet boy that he is, took the phone from Luke (Luke freaked), opened it up for him, then handed it back! SOOOO sweet!
Another helping moment:
Ah, juice break!
(Maeve wandering in "Thriller" style...)
Ok, so remember that during all of this fun, we have a major severe weather situation going on. Andie cleared out the "safe closet", a tiny closet under the stairs, just in case we needed to hunker down in there. On the news, they kept showing "areas of concern" and Smyrna seemed to always be right in the middle of the circle... or square... or red patch (depending on which channel was on).
As Andie was de-cluttering, the kids followed him and discovered this perfect little closet that was just their size and had a ball hanging out in there. Safety first, right?
This next one cracks me up! Luke was dancing a jig, Ronin was inspecting the integrity of the ceiling, and Maeve was just trying to stay upright.
More snippets of fun from the day...
The boys took turns pushing each other around the house on the Mickey Mouse airplane:
Dogpile! C'mon, Maeve, dive on top!
Big brother consoling his little sis (I won't mention the fact that he's the reason why she's crying... we'll just focus on the sweet apology hug!):
Super Mom! One hand feeding the baby, one hand comforting Ronin after he stubbed his toe, and a smile on her face!
Now to end all this fun, it was time for a party in the bathtub!
The End!
Well, sort-of the end. Sally drove back that night and had to take the back way down to Murfreesboro because the interstate was closed at our exit due to flooding.
Then today, more rain continued!
I'm starting to get cabin fever from being cooped up in this house - but I'm thankful that we are at least DRY! They've had weather coverage on constantly today and it looks really bad out there in a lot of areas! Apparently, Nashville got more rain in the past 2 days than its ever seen in all of May. We got 25% of our annual rainfall in the past 48 hours - pretty amazing, huh?
So, although the fun visit had to come to an end, the weather saga still continues...
