Puddle Jumping Rain Lover

Yesterday morning we woke up to rain. Lukas' first comment on the weather was, "it looks like a rain cover kind of day for the bakfiets" which was optimistic and lovely. In truth, since I've started biking, I've definitely started feeling less pleased with the wetter days. It's certainly still possible to bike places in rainy weather if I need to, but I don't feel like going out for a spontaneous bike ride when it's yucky out. So I was feeling somewhat gloomy as I sat down to breakfast. Then Zeben started pushing on my legs and yelling "go, go, go!" before excitedly running to the door and asking to go outside. I figured he would change his mind once he experienced what it was like out there, but the rain actually seemed to be his motivation. I took off his diaper (I didn't want him to get the wool cover wet), and let him go crazy in the driveway.

He ended up staying outside splashing in puddles for over an hour. He was so pleased with the whole scene, and his attitude really rubbed off on the rest of us. The rain became less of a nuisance and more of a fun variation. Something to take time out of our usual hectic morning routine to appreciate.

I was standing under our big rainbow umbrella to keep the camera dry, and after a while, Zeb decided he'd like to have an umbrella too. Not so much to keep himself dry, more just for the fun of it.I think we may have found a reason to look forward to the next rainy day.