Our house got slammed by Hurricane Hanna this morning, leading us to the ponder the following question: how is the Bean like a tropical depression?? Well, they both make the household lose power, one through inducing sheer exhaustion and the other by knocking out the electricity. Both can really turn on the waterworks as well, although the Bean on her best day can not produce wind gusts of over 40 miles an hour (in her defense, she may not be stronger but she is arguably louder). The Bean is a lot more cuddly and easier to love, however, especially when one is contemplating how one is going to get ready for and drive through the deluge to the birthday party of a close family friend's son when one has no power.
All is well that ends well though. Mom had the wrong day for the party (phew -- it's tomorrow) and just as Dad was spending $300 on a battery powered backup sump pump the electricity came back on (we're going to install the backup system anyway though). The girls went with Dad to Home Depot and came home with Kids Korner aprons and little wooden goal posts that they had hammered together (next week they are making firetrucks so it looks like we will be back). Mom and the girls then made Grandma's famous no bake cookies (YUM!) and painted the goal posts. All in all, not a bad way to weather the storm!
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