We arrived home on Sunday, on the tail end of a weekend heat wave. It was still warm enough to wear shorts and a T-shirt when I drove to the airport to pick up David & Eva. When we got home, the house was 82 degrees – the warmest it has ever been since we moved to Oregon. It was wonderful to open all the windows and let the fresh air in, after months of winter cold. Snow levels all over the Northwest melted up to 26 inches in two days, causing flooding in several rivers. Newscasters have been warning people to stay out of the icy waters and rapid currents, and there have been road closures in some areas of Washington and Idaho.
With such warm weather, I let the girls play outside in their new playhouse, on the grass and the concrete patio. Poor Amanda’s knees and feet were getting red and raw from crawling, areas that up until now had been covered by clothes. Even when I brought her back inside, it was painful for her to crawl on the carpet.
Oddly enough, only two days later, the weather already chilled back down to the 60’s with clouds and rain, and some of the mountains are receiving new snowfall. We’re already back to wearing long sleeves and pants. Hopefully this will give Amanda a change to grow some calluses. It’s supposed to continue like this for the rest of the week. What weird weather! I don’t think I’ll ever fully get used to it.
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