(Post) Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy left a lot of damages in the east coast when it passed by and sadly, a lot of of people are still having to deal with the aftermath. Gas is scarce - stations either have no power & cannot run the pumps or they're already out of gas - and earlier today, I counted myself lucky when I ONLY had to line up for 1.5 hrs to fill up our tank***.  Others have to wait in line on foot (in the cold) to fill up gas containers for their generators at home because they still do not have power, while in other places, cars have to wait in line at 4:30am for 3+ hrs just to fill up.

We feel blessed and thankful that despite the gas scarcity, power outages and property damage that we and our friends have to deal with, there is nothing that cannot be restored / replaced.

Praise God!

While Hurricane Sandy was doing its thing outside, we've had to deal with Hurricane Swe-cha inside:

- he made his mini-puddles on his high-chair tray and climbed on it so he can splash with his feet

- he colored on the walls

- he booby-trapped the stairs by leaving his trains, cars, blocks, and even spare rechargeable batteries on the steps

- he rummaged through clean and dirty laundry & mixed them up, thus making Mommy wash everything again

- he took his clothes off and ran around the house naked

- splashed water all over the bathroom during bath time (in fairness, we have Daddy to blame for this because he was left in charge).

- experimented with gravity by pouring water from his drinking cup down to the floor.

- got several crackers, crushed them and spread them all over the steps. 

- peed on the bed 3x in 1 night (the new mattress protector we bought works!). Thankfully, he stopped after the 3rd because we were out of sheets.

- he pooped in his pants, reached in and put his hand on our sheets before we could catch him

- made Mommy read his favorite books and sing / dance to his favorite songs a million times

Yep, this little hurricane kept us on our toes but I wouldn't have it any other way =)

We love you, Swe-cha!

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*** special thanks to our neighbor R who tipped us about this open gas station.