April showers

Rarely do we get an overcast, dreary, steady rain that lasts all day here in Tampa. I like to call those "Cleveland Days". Since Tampa is supposedly the lightning strike capital of the world or US or something, we normally get powerful storms that move through quickly. Yesterday however, was a "Cleveland Day"...rain all day long. This coincided with Funday Sunday, which is the new Kelty family tradition of no work, just fun family time on Sundays. This is a challenge for me, as I now squeeze in errands, laundry, chores, all week long, but I have found the last two Sundays so enjoyable. We have had such a nice time as a family just being together instead of treating it as any other day.....especially one filled with lots of Mom assigned jobs to get the house ready for the week to come. Anyhow, the picnic, swimming, outdoor play that was planned had to be altered. Instead we visited with some friends for lunch and played Mousetrap (any sane parents most hated childhood game!). Then Dad, who is Funday man everyday decided to get on swimming suits and head out for the rain, since hey, one can actually play in a "Cleveland Day" rain without fear of electrocution. So Mom, the anti-funday lady most days, stayed dry to take pictures and care for Sean who got cold quickly while Dad and Luke played football and chased the dog. Sarah did a lot of "Singing in the rain" with her umbrella. Then we made tin foil boats to race in the streams. Hot chocolate followed----and a bath for the dog! What will next Funday-Sunday entail.......hopefully not Mousetrap?! Oh yeah, and armadillos like to go on rainy day adventures too.