Well, when the hurricane center comes out and says that there is a Category 2 hurricane headed your way, what happens? Well, the local governments issue a voluntary evacuation notice for anyone living on the coast, and schools close down for two days to allow for the schools to be used as shelters, and the locals stock up on batteries, water, and alcohol - you know, to get us through the vicious storm.
Or...
You go bowling with other friends who have restless kids, go to the library, and go fly kites on the beach! Because the Category 2 Hurricane that was supposed to close down the city? Disintegrated into a tropical storm (which, by the way, they PREDICTED it would!) and gave us just a few inches of rain overnight. Not even enough wind to trim the trees in the backyard, which would have been great... I'm just sayin'...
Anyway - here are some fun pictures from us bravely weathering the storm! :-) (Sadly - the photo above is Clarissa's kite, flying off to sea... had a few tears over that one...)
I actually LOVE this picture... the kids and I were playing on the beach and as the clouds broke apart, sun came streaming down and Colin said "Hey look mommy, God is smiling down on us!" A perfect way to end what had been a LONG few days!
We got a bonus - as we were playing, the Blue Angels took off and were practicing right above us!
The boys, chasing down the rogue kites
Clarissa's kite by far was the most successful at staying up in the air - apparently the cheap Barbie ones are the best!
We went bowling with a few other families from our squadron - I don't think the bowling people knew what to make of all of us as we took over the place the minute it opened! Not normally that much activity on a Monday morning!
Colin had his own version of bowling - no cheater track for him, thank you very much!
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