Hurricane Irene

While our friends down on the coast are getting hammered by Hurricane Irene, we consider ourselves very lucky.  We've had 1-2 inches of rain and wind gusts around 40mph, but we don't have much damage at all.  There are several small branches, leaves, and other small debris around.  Our neighbor lost a tree, but it was fairly small and completely missed his house, so that's good too.  We even still have power (assuming I didn't just jinx it)!  Basically, we're laying low today, waiting for the storm to blow out of here.  The kids think it's great - a low key day, filled with tons and tons of playtime!  Dress-up, dolls, Barbies, Transformers, dinosaurs... you name it, they've had it out today!  We hope that you and your family stay safe during the storm!