Rain, rain go away!

Since last week's blog, each week day consisted of flood watches, and the occasional flood warning from National Weather Service due to the consistent precipitation that settled over North East Ohio. Unfortunately, this weather also took advantage of  the leak in Nathan's bedroom, and we literally had water rolling down the inside of the bedroom wall and pooling under the carpet. This prompted Liesel to temporarily move Nathan to our guest bedroom, as we wait for the dampness to disappear! We are also desperate for the roofers to come and replace the roof for us, so we can get his wall repaired, and then ultimately, move him back to his room. But as the rain falls, the roofer's existing work orders are put on hold, meaning longer waits for those customers further down on their list :(

So, you can imagine how happy we were to see the bright yellow orb in the sky on Saturday and Sunday!   In fact we celebrated the sunshine by relaxing and taking the weekend in our stride. On Saturday morning, we dropped off my car for a complimentary service, and then headed to some toy shops to look at potential gifts for the boys. That afternoon, was really laid back with playing baseball on the Wii, and football in the front yard. Some parts were still heavily water logged and sometimes it seemed like we were playing in a rice paddy! For family fun night, we played Twister, which Nathan loved, and his parents not so much... It reminded us that we are not nearly as flexible as we thought we were. It seemed like each spin of the wheel was accompanied by an extra groan as we struggled to move our limbs to the designated color on the mat...

Sunday was even more relaxed than the day before, as Nathan and Josh seemed to have a runny nose. So we decided to keep them home and skip church for a change. Some activities included more Wii, videos, chats with family, playing with Lego and reading books. Later on we all headed outdoors for a bit, and did the one chore that signals the eminent arrival of winter. It was time to pack away the summer furniture and equipment on the patio and store it in the garage during the harsher winter months. We could still have some fun out of it as the boys found some scooters that they hadn't used in a while, and zigzagged between the cars on the driveway.

All in all it was a wonderfully sunny, and relaxing weekend for the McCarthy's!