Hurricane Irene

We ended up evacuating to my parents house.  And ironically they got hit harder than we did.  But they had no trees to worry about and all the flashlights/lanterns needed when the power went out. 

 We celebrated Brents birthday early with my parents.  Right before we left we got Joels birthday present from Japan (thanks!) so he was convinced it was his birthday again.  You can see he was so excited and thought people were singing to him.

 We made it most of Saturday without losing power.  Joel kept complaining that the "wain too woud" and Colin kept asking when the hurricane was going to get here since all it was doing was raining outside.  We played legos, colored pictures, brent played on his iphone, and more legos all afternoon.  I took a great nap in the afternoon. 
The power went out right as we were finishing making dinner. 
Colin was introduced to Jenga.  And loved it. Ma-ma-maa and Grandpa played endless rounds with him. we found out Colin is a great storyteller.  He would take the glow-stick and wave it around and give us sound effects and everything. 

We came home to power but my parents just now got it back. We have a little bit to clean up but overall it wasn't too bad.  Colin still isn't convinced the hurricane got here but thats ok with me.