Do kids melt?

[Miss Jasmine]

Thanks to Hurricane Rita we have some feeder bands moving through the area this morning, just some rain, nothing really else. On my way into work I had a difficult time getting through some areas of my subdivision because of all the mommies and daddies in their cars with their kids protecting them from the rain. At one bus stop I counted 10 cars, and we have bus stops on nearly every corner. Anyway, what happened to the good ole days of using an umbrella????

 

[Serena]

LOL, my kids love to play in the rain, but I do take her to the bus stop, for safety reasons.

 

[Mom2Ashli]

My DD would be out there playing in the rain. She would go to school soaking wet.

We don't have any busing to DD's school. So we have to drive them to the front door anyways.

 

[parrothead365]

Mine wouldn't melt,but he might float We are lucky that we live in a rural area and the bus stops at the end of the driveway(about 50yds). DS stays on the porch until he sees the bus and makes a run for it. Umbrellas are not allowed in his school

 

[Nancy]

I have teenage girls and yes, they claim they melt! I always drive them in the morning but they walk home, when they have to walk through rain or snow you would think I was making them commit a crime or something.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Too funny.

I remembered 1 excpetionally rainy day in New Orleans when I was in school. By the time I got to school--it looked like I had taken a shower with all of my clothes on and forgot to towel off (still dripping!). So would have loved if my parents could have kept me in the car while waiting for the bus .

Plus--I'm hearing thunder and lightening outside my window. Since a former co-worker got killed by a lightening strike last year...I'd be inclined to keep the kiddo's in the car, too

Is that happening by you?

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Too funny.

I remembered 1 excpetionally rainy day in New Orleans when I was in school. By the time I got to school--it looked like I had taken a shower with all of my clothes on and forgot to towel off (still dripping!). So would have loved if my parents could have kept me in the car while waiting for the bus .

Plus--I'm hearing thunder and lightening outside my window. Since a former co-worker got killed by a lightening strike last year...I'd be inclined to keep the kiddo's in the car, too

Is that happening by you?

It wasn't thundering and lightening when I left. It was raining, and not even that hard. Now it is thundering and lightening, but they would all be safely on the bus. Sheesh I got sent out in the rain, lightening, snow, ice, freezing weather. LOL

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

It wasn't thundering and lightening when I left. It was raining, and not even that hard. Now it is thundering and lightening, but they would all be safely on the bus. Sheesh I got sent out in the rain, lightening, snow, ice, freezing weahter. LOL

I see...well, then give 'em an umbrella then.


(We did have a red triangle on Big Picture Weather this morning )

 

[golfgal]

The twins walk no matter what, school is a block away. DS gets a ride to school if it rains or is too cold because we are a mile away from his school, not on the bus route so he rides his bike or walks otherwise. If the bus stops are that close to everyone's house, why not hang out in the garage and watch for the bus, when it is at the stop before your stop, go to the bus stop. It is silly to drive your kid to the bus stop, why not just drive them to school? Driving your car 1/2 block every day isn't good for your car.

 

[Jenn Lynn]

We don't even own an umbrella.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

(We did have a red triangle on Big Picture Weather this morning )

I wasn't watching Channel 6 news. Darn I wasn't in the know.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I wasn't watching Channel 6 news. Darn I wasn't in the know.

I'll give you an update....

we'll be red green red red red for today.

So car umbrella car car car

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Thanks Lisa!!!!

 

[meandtheguys2]

Fortunately, mine are snips and snails and puppy dog tails...no sugar in sight!

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

My 8yr old DD alternates between her "big girl persona" (preparing to be a teen) where she puts on so much you would think she IS going to melt - to her 8 yr old self who dances in the rain and would get soaked to the bone ...go figure! We do wait at the bus stop under an umbrella - unless there is lightening.

My peeve - once at school they have to walk under a walkway and around a bending path outside to get to their wing - yesterday with bad lightening in the area and downpours - they still made them take this path outside even though there is a door immediately to their left into another wing - this is not a big school - I do not understand why there can not be more flexibility when the weather is potentially dangerous!?

 

[Chicago526]

I used to walk about 1 mile to school (uphill both ways....no really it's true!) and if it rained I just put on my rain coat and took an umbrella.

Rain was nothing! I had to walk after it had snowed a foot or more overnight, and then break a trail since few people shovel their sidewalks!

 

[golfgal]

I used to walk about 1 mile to school (uphill both ways....no really it's true!) and if it rained I just put on my rain coat and took an umbrella.

Rain was nothing! I had to walk after it had snowed a foot or more overnight, and then break a trail since few people shovel their sidewalks!

Hey, I did too! We lived at the top of one hill and the school was at the top of another hill, so we walked uphill to school and uphill to get home! The only time we EVER got a ride was if the temperature was colder then 10 below zero. I remember pulling myself up the hill on a fence railing after an ice storm because the sidewalk was still covered in ice. The town I grew up in is hilly like San Francisco!