just singin' in the rain

there is nothing like a rainy day here in southern california-we don't get many of them, so we try to enjoy them.  as a kid, my brother and i used to play in the rain all the time-racing homemade sail boats in the gutter down the street (this is before the storm drain was installed at the end of our street and it used to flood anytime we had rain-ah, good times!).  so, trying to follow suit (and rid my girls of some of their incredible energy) i took them for a walk.  unfortunately, it had just stopped raining, but the gutters were full of rain water, so, i let the girls splash around until their little hearts were content.  of course, afterward, i doused them in antibacterial lotion...just kidding, but i did give them a nice warm bath, while i washed their dirty clothes...oh the fun!  rain, rain, don't go away...we still want to walk with our barellas (that's umbrellas in smith kid language).