First Rain

Today for the first time in nearly a hundred days the clear blue Brazilian skies opened up and eager raindrops fell into the open arms of my children, myself and to our thirsty backyard. After breakfast we pulled on our rain boots and headed outside to slosh in puddles and twirl our umbrella in the morning drizzle and we marveled at the endurance of the streetlights which remained on until well into the afternoon. Then we loaded in the car to get a final few items we needed at the store to make a celebratory 'breakfast for dinner' and we opened the sunroof to catch drops of rain in our hair as we drove the shiny streets. Peter laughed at regular intervals with each silly swipe of the windshield wipers like he'd never seen them before while we jammed to the "Oh Oh" song now regularly requested and sung by Peter. We selected and were seated (by Sam) in the big window booth atop the hill at the best restaurant in town with views of big trucks on rainy days and shared french fries and happy meals while playing car counting games. The boys took extra long naps while the rain pinged down on our corrugated plastic skylight roofing. The boys played catch in the front yard with Paul still in his suit and tie while I put the finishing touches on our passionfruit, mango smoothies and blueberry french toast casserole. It was the best day in at least a hundred days, I'd say.