FIRE!!!

Well, we had a fun weekend...I say with sarcasm dripping in my voice! Saturday morning Eric went to play basketball, and then to do errands early in the morning. Claire came and woke me up and she and I went downstairs. As we reached the first floor she tugged my hand and said, "Mommy, why is there smoke in the house?" My first reaction...OH, CRAP!!! I ran to the phone to call Eric, and his cell rang in the kitchen. Why is it that whenever there is an emergency one of our cell phones is left at home? I called Bonnie and lucky for me our good friends Shawn and John were working on her deck. They raced over here, took one look and called the fire department. Shawn brought Cade and Claire to his house to play with his kids while we waited for the fire dept. to show up. About one minute before they arrived, Eric came home...and I was able to melt down a bit.

What they think happened was that during these crazy storms lightning struck the house! The wiring smoldered and eventually shot out of an electrical outlet. The fireman said we were really lucky and to make sure that all our smoke detectors were updated.

Bonnie and I took the kids out to breakfast so that Eric could air out the house, and when we came home we baked cookies for the firemen who had come to the house. We dropped the cookies off at the station and they let the kids climb in all the trucks and play with everything. They even gave the kids fire hats, stickers, and coloring books! So, alls well that ends well. Now, I really do have to repaint the front room!