Every once in awhile in the constant stream of inane questions, he asks some that make me take notice. Every one of these millions of questions is preceded by "Mommy?" or more often now...."Mama?" Even if he has JUST asked me a question, and we are the only two people in the entire house. Mostly they go in one ear and out the other. And then we have TONS of horrible passage-of-time questions b/c he can't grasp it yet...How many days until XYZ? What day do I get to go to Brooksie's? How many days is that? LOTS of that. But, after school today, he asked:
*Why did you and Aunt Lee Lee grow up in Monroe....but you chose to move to TX and she went to NC? Why did you do that? (The answer to this eventually blew his mind. He had a very hard time picturing Mommy teaching a classroom of kids.)
*What is a bay? What makes it different from an ocean?
*Are islands and volcanoes real? (yes) Will we ever go to an island? (probably) I'm scared of volcanoes on islands. (The scientists will tell us if it's going to erupt, and we will leave. He is still unsure about whether he believes me on that one.)
In other news, our roof and gutters have once again been declared "totaled" by the insurance pple after last week's storm. I am thankful we are all safe - I have seen first hand what a tornado can do. So I'm not complaining. This will be two roofs in one year. Crazy. We have two broken skylights, too. I am threatening to do a thatched roof this time....just to break up the monotony and be able to tell that something was actually done.
Henry and I were in the closet under the stairs, and Leo was at school. This hail was so loud! Henry and I were a little scared, but not too much. Todd was at work, and there was a tornado in Irving. While I was in the closet, he texted me "The tornado is headed for our building." and then I heard nothing for 10 minutes. Good times!!! When I talked to him again, I asked...."Did you take cover?" Toddly: "Nah, we watched it. It wasn't too close." See, this is why I happily pay that life insurance every month! :D
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Here is a link to the picture of the tornado that went through Coppell. Yes, we live in West Coppell. We were so fortunate.
http://www.younewstv.com/content/146330795.html
And here is a link to the map of the tornado. Supposedly? Not sure how totally accurate it is, of course. Still interesting. We live a little south of the "P" in Andrew Brown Park West.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=211134672475341789708.0004bd3410a048b9ce1f5
