It's Raining, It's Pouring

Elise has had this obsession with rainboots for a month or so. It started when she saw a pair of Hello Kitty rainboots at Target and thought she had to have them. Since it rarely rains here, I told her no and left them on the shelf. Well, everytime we go to Target she begs. Then yesterday when it started raining, she looked at me and said with her hands on her hips, "Mom, it is raining. I NEED Hello Kitty boots! How can I even go outside without them?" It is supposed to rain a lot all week, and she had a little bit of money from Christmas ($5.00 to be exact), so I told her if she wanted to use her Christmas money I would chip in the rest. So, we went to Target to get the boots. But of course, she saw several kids coming in and out in raincoats. So, then she had the idea in her head that she also needed a raincoat. She tried one on, and she just looked so cute in it that I couldn't resist. Steven has a thing for shoes and of course kept grabbing some boots off the shelf for himself. So, when all was said and done , and a trip to both Target and Old Navy later, both kids had a new pair of rainboots and a new raincoat. I'm still thinking it was a little bit of a silly purchase given the amount it actually rains here, but they do look darn cute in them, and they love them.

This morning at breakfast, Elise ran and got her boots and was playing dress up with them while we were eating. Before I knew it, both kids had their full rain gear on and we're having a great time wearing it. Steven LOVES that his raincoat has cool buckles on it that he can buckle himself, and will sit and buckle it over and over. Once they are buckled he says, "All done Mom," and then waits for me to unbuckle it so he can start over with the buckling. And Elise just cracks me up when I get the camera out. She is such a natural at "striking a pose" for the camera. The minute the camera comes out, she becomes a total ham.