It's raining,it's pouring...

Today just as we were getting out of church, we looked outside and it was pouring! We tried to wait it out for just a few minutes to see if it would let up, but to no avail. The kids were more than ready to go home and more than excited because it was raining. With the help of Brenda Zemp in our ward, I managed to get the kids into the van without to many problems. However, as we were driving to our house we saw that there were 'lakes' everywhere. Evan and Mason were quite aware of this fact also and excitedly exclaimed, "We want to play in the rain mom. Can we go out when we get home?" Against my own wishes that they would quietly go in the house and lay down for a Sunday afternoon nap (nap? nap? what's a nap?), I said they could go out when daddy came home. They didn't want to play in our backyard, but out front where all the puddles were - hence, the reason they had to wait for Rex. I don't let them play out front alone. Ty was crying, hungry, and more than ready for his nap and I needed to tend to him. Along the same note, it was humid, humid, humid that day and I did not want to spend any time outside if I didn't need to. Well, this did not satisfy their curious selves, so I gave in. I picked up Ty and we all went outside to play. They could hardly contain themselves. They wanted to get wet. They first stuck their hands in to feel the water and then they ventured a little further and started playing in the fast running water coming down the ditch. Eventually, off came the shoes and they were completely wet. As you can see, Mason was quite brave and actually sat down in the ditch and even laid down. As my boys were playing in the ditch I wondered if I was doing a good thing by letting them just play and get entirely wet, or if it was a terribly bad idea because they were literally playing in the ditch on the street. Well, I decided that I just needed to let them play however they wanted, within reason. After all, it doesn't rain that often here. Evan had on his Sunday clothes but Mason had changed. So there they are as wet as can be and having a ball. I did explain to them that they only do this type of thing when Mommy or Daddy are with them.