The Karras Family: A Nice Day... and Lights Out!

Today we had beautiful weather and Finley and I had quite a good day- although we both had a visit to the Doctor. I had an appointment today and this morning I called to sneak Finley into to see his Doctor (they are in the same clinic right across the hall) because he has been acting somewhat out of sorts for the last few days. Really it was nothing major but pulling on his ear, being extra cranky at times, a runny nose and a few bouts of diarrhea but with our upcoming trip and flight I wanted to rule out ear infections or anything else that might cause him discomfort. Well, turns out he is A-OK... and we can just chalk up his behavior to teething.. again. I swear if those teeth don't start coming in I might cry with Finley.
Anyway... after our appointments we headed to a quick Target trip for some last minute Easter supplies. Finley is a pretty bad shopper these days but I will report he was pretty wonderful today... maybe it was the fact that we had a Blackout in Target? Seriously... the power went out while we were in the middle of the Easter section. It must have been pitch black (I mean you couldn't even see your hand in front of your face) for at least a minute before the generators kicked in. Some lady next to me exclaimed..."I've got a flashlight in my purse!"... seriously? Do a lot of people carry flashlights in their purses? Too funny. I just held onto my kid with one hand and my purse with the other during the pitch black. You never know? It was kind of scary. Thank goodness the checkouts still ran under the generated power. I wasn't going to be happy if I would have had to ditch all my stuff and shop for it again later! Reports were that other stores had to close because their stuff wasn't working...not Target! Anyway... I never found out what happened to cause the blackout but it was all over that area on the Eastside. All the traffic lights were out (on East Wash. yikes) It took us about double the time to get home due to the craziness but we made it and the power outage did not affect us where we live so that was good!
After our eventful afternoon I took Finley outside on the porch to enjoy the nice weather and we had a great evening.

Getting Ready to Go Outside