Rain, Rain, Rain

After a bit of a long week, we've had a wet and rainy Memorial Day weekend. Last week our daycare provider was out of town Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. This meant my heroic husband stayed home with Claire for Wednesday and Thursday, and I brought her with me to school on Friday (deciding unilaterally it was take your daughter to work day--of course I checked with my principal too). The students all loved getting to see her; Claire was a little wide-eyed at first, but by second period she was babbling away at everyone despite it being in the middle of her normal nap time. I'm in the middle of winding down the school year so have all the extras that means--award ceremonies, graduation, senior final papers, etc. We finish this Friday, and I am looking forward to a more relaxed summer schedule.

Because of the rainy weather this weekend, we've had to come up with some creative ways to entertain ourselves. We actually went to the mall, an unusual activity for this household--well, Nate dropped Claire and I off while he ran some other errands and sat in the car talking on the phone. We also loaded everyone up, including Hem, and took a walk around Three Forks on the pavement since everything out by our house is a mud pit. While we've been cooped up inside, Claire has decided that wearing her shorts on her head is great fun; they are her new favorite toy. I'm reading a mystery by a local writer, Jamie Harrison, and doing some baking. The next four days until I finish my last grades will be crazy, so I'm trying to store up some energy for the week ahead.

Oh yes, I forgot to report on Nate's successful turkey hunting trip. He got one bird in South Dakota and two in Montana. This picture is in Eastern Montana where he hunted in Custer National Forest.