Photo story Friday - Through the eyes of a 4 year old

Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

We have had some "talks" lately... I know something between a father and daughter thing. For now it's things that are manageable and the current topic is weather. That is storms with heavy winds, thunder and lightning. All the stuff that makes the light go out and concern a 4 year old girl.

So to show how small storms and a little rain doesn't really do much we talk about it and as a dad I am trying to show Emma what it is and it at times can look cool when there is a small rain shower and the sun is peaking out.

One of these times is when Emma spotted the rainbow.... It all started out with some rain and thunder and Emma getting quite upset over it. So we walk to the windows and see how the sun starts peeking through the clouds and the trees dancing in the wind like the ponies dancing in the clouds (from one of our book readings).
So by this time Emma is ok with it and yeah dad that's pretty cool.

All of a sudden she runs to the other side of the house... Look dad look dad and she about pees her pants (well she did have a dress on by I guess it's an expression). So we end up going outside to get a real good look and the rain is going away while the rainbow sticks around for a bit.

First view is from the garage (yeah we actually use it for cars...)



Here is a view from the lawn.



I picked up Emma since the grass was wet and she didn't have much footwear on. We jump the bushes and get to the lawn. As I am holding her she has one of the best comments I have heard for a while.

With a concerned look Emma is saying: "But dad.... I don't see any ponies or care bears...".

Guess what we have been reading?

Have a great 4th of July.

Update update on spring time post

Sooo I had barely posted the one on spring time and the ohhh so nice weather with great temperatures (just over 80f or so) and well... guess what...



yep... it started raining. It was kind of weird and well something to suspect in the spring time after a couple of days of warm weather. But for one thing it was coming from the "wrong" direction. Usually due to the mountains and all we don't get rain or snow from the west...



This one came in fast and with plenty of wind and rain. We had all the windows open and in no time the rain was pouring in windows and on to floors everywhere since the wind forced it almost sideways.
But we got a little free water in the tub (might be a bit cold though) and some wet carpets around the house...
In front of the neighbors house there was a small lake so hope he doesn't have to go anywhere or well had to.


ohh did I forget to mention the hail... yep the photos above is from the front steps and the little white spots are not dust on the lens but hail coming down.
This is to me a little weird. High temperatures as in well the last thing you would think of is a hail storm and yet... there it is...

Funny how things can change fast...