The Back Seat

The weather today is deliciously dreary, it's been raining for three days now. This is possibly the longest rain I've seen in Wichita in the six years we've lived here. I love it! St. Louis gets rain like this often and the trees and grass, bushes and flowers practically glow. That's what is happening now. The green is a beautiful bright green and I actually heard someone complaining about the rain. Poor thing; the rain I mean. It's going to think it's ugly the way people talk about it, but it's not. It's absolutely gorgeous!

While we were in Tulsa, great things kept happening to us. It was as if the trip was well needed and the universe was rewarding us for taking it. First the guys on the elevator tipped us off that there was an event at the stadium free of charge. Then, while at the stadium the kids got some free play time on inflatables, one of which was a two story slide. But just before we left I was getting a picture of Hubby with the city behind him and the mascot came cruising up on a scooter to crash the photo. He was really animated and insisted on also getting in a photo with the kids. Little Man was not in a picture-taking mood, but somehow that fully-animated, hairy, blue creature -- I think it was a bull -- persuaded him to pose for me. How? I have no idea.

Then on our ride back, Little Woman took a nap and Little Man asked for my camera. These are the photos he took. I know they're not much, but for some reason, I find pleasure in seeing things from our children's point of view.