WHAT IS IT?

Last night, the babies went to bed as usual, happy and content in their little routine.

Little did they know that two of them would be in for a RUDE awakening! Kian, of course, sleeps through ANYTHING!

We knew it was coming. It was getting dark super early, and the sky was looking rather frightening and angry.

We just didn't try explaining it to the babies, that's all. Maybe we should have, but how do you explain a storm to a bunch of toddlers whose life revolves around cheese, babies, and cars?

At first, they didn't seem to notice the storm much. We did, because every time lightening struck, it seemed that the television signal wavered, distorting American Idol finals to a very amusing end.

Then, the thunder came. It was loud, the rain came down harder, and the babies could no longer ignore the scary noises coming from outside.

I will never be sure if it was Kai's penchant for an over-abundance of dirty diapers (he is so proud of them) or if it was Vivienne's disdain for the awful stench wafting about the room that may have added to the trouble.

But I do know that something was quite amiss in the nursery! There was much screaming to be heard at our house last night.

We rounded up very sad babies, and marvelled at the way Kian lay sprawled on his back, passed out in his little boy bed, drool running down his chin, totally unaware of the chaos around him.

A few tiny cookies and sippy cups of milk later, Vivienne and Kaiden (who seemed to be screaming only for his own enjoyment) were both calmed down enough to be understood.

We figured out what Kai's problem was quickly enough, as that smell would upset anyone easily enough!

But Vivienne, poor thing, winced and made faces every time the lightening came. She would whimper a tiny bit with every bit of thunder.

She just was not sure about the state of things. The poor dear wandered around the living room quite unsure of herself, wearing a puzzled scowl upon her beautiful baby girl face.

Finally, Husband couldn't stand it any longer. He scooped her up and took her outside on the back patio. Bregon grabbed Kai and brought him along for the ride, too.

She scrunched up as tiny as she could and backed into the furthermost crook of his arm trying to get away from the scary rain.

We could barely make out her words when she finally spoke. She very quietly asked, "What is it?"

Husband walked her to the edge of the patio, and stuck his arm out into the downpour.

He told her it was only water, and showed her the droplets on his arm for her to investigate.

She smiled, the funny scowl finally was wiped away for a time. Kaiden only laughed and tried to get down so that he could go out and play in the raindrops.

Then, the thunder and lightening started up again, making both of my little people uneasy again.

It was definitely time to go back inside. It took some coaxing, but we were finally able to convince them that it was safe enough to go back upstairs and go to sleep.

Kaiden managed to wake up Kian once he got upstairs, though. Funny how some kids can sleep through a nasty scary storm only to be awakened by a sibling wanting to share a good story about it!