Thunder storms and Lightning strikes

Wow, what a day! The morning began ominously. Reagan woke up with an upset stomache and kept me busy for most of the morning. I finally got her settled down for a nap and started to work on my blog. Right after I finished writing the last blog, I heard this ominous rumble. I took a quick look outside and saw blue skies. I shrugged my shoulders and had decided to keep surfing, when my mom's voice seemed to echo around me with dire warnings about lightning and computers and electricity and stuff like that, so like a good daughter, I shut my computer off and unplugged it.

Within thirty seconds this huge, black cloud rolled over our house with a big crash and the floodgates of heaven opened. Only people living through a Texas sized thunderstorm know what the floodgates of heaven look and sound like: huge droplets of rain the size of baseballs, lightening cracking on every side folllowed by deep rolls of thunder that shake the walls of the house and cause knick-knacks to fall off the shelf. The sky grew so dark that I had to turn on the lights for us to be able to see.

I heard lightning strike not far from our house. The flash and the bang came simlutaneously and shook the windows. I didn't realize how much lightning does sound like a crack. I thought that it happened in the field and half expected to see one of the trees fallen over.

I was thankful that both Reggie and Georgie were asleep. Consoling either of them would have been difficult, but caring for both would have been impossible. Kate didn't seemed to be the least perturbed by the noise. She sat next to me and helped me write Easter cards. She drew several lovely pictures, and then we settled down to practice a little reading. I didn't dare turn on any appliances, so we ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch. I also learned the meaning of a storm blowing itself out. Strong winds began to blow and after about two hours the storm rolled away and was replaced by cool, blue skies and a warm, yellow sun.

So, I took a walk to Target to buy some wasp and hornet poison for Tanner to use outside and 7up for Reggie.