We made it through Hurricane Irene just fine. Despite my joking in a previous post, we were very well prepared for the hurricane. We contemplated evacuating (we were just a few blocks away from the evacuation zone), but decided to stay. The neighborhood was prepared for the worst. Before the storm hit, we tried to get outdoors as much as possible in anticipation of being homebound for days. We went out to breakfast and walked around in the rain.
{Mark dressed Lyla...}
Lyla was disappointed that her park was closed.
In our apartment, we hardly felt the hurricane. There were no windows rattling, no whistling winds and no power outages. Our biggest sacrifice was that our favorite take-out restaurants were closed for the entire weekend. Lyla was really great indoors all weekend. She kept herself busy, playing with virtually every two she owns. The inside of our apartment took a bigger beating than our neighborhood. And on the potty training front, there were highs and lows, but overall I think we made progress.
{Yes, she was naked all weekend...part of the potty training}
On Sunday afternoon, we took a walk around the neighborhood. Besides a few small areas of standing water, it looked no different than it did before the storm. Long Beach got a little battered, but my family was safe and didn't sustain any damage to their homes.
Our Hurricane Irene weekend in a nutshell:
10 painted toenails
9 races of Thomas the Train
8 readings of The Animals of Farmer Jones
7 successful trips to the potty
6 movies watched (many while sitting on the potty)
5 pairs of new princess undies
4 magazines read
3 accidents off the potty
2 finger paintings
1 bottle of wine
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