Hurricane Irene Adventures...

I have cleaned up after hurricanes at my grandparents in Florida but never actually been there when one hit. I was a little apprehensive I must admit. By the time it got to us it wasn't expected to be very strong so my main fear was a power outage and the resulting food challenges we would have feeding a picky toddler.

It swung wide and didn't really impact us directly. We watched the moderate wind and rain as our power surged and flickered but thankfully stayed on. In that way we are one of the lucky ones. We discovered on our attempt to go to the organic grocery for a few things that others weren't so lucky. There are 107,000 people in CT without power, and CT is little. We actually live on the "riverfront" though you have to drive down past the pool a bit and look really close just to see the riverbank itself. Yesterday you couldn't even drive past the pool as the river had surged its banks and had filled the "ravine" area and the parking lot. The waters are supposed to continue rising today.

So what does one do with a toddler when anticipating a large storm? We stayed in our pj's opened the blinds and had a great day just playing together of course!



We ate spicy chicken pizza (Momma didn't know)!



We played ball with Dadda!!!



We broke out the snacks...




Eeyore even got a taste!



Dadda learned that having a helper can be quite a challenge. Hehe :)