it's very cold and rainy

I've realized that I talk about the weather a lot when I write in my blog. Not exactly scintillating reading, I'm sure. I guess it is because the weather frequently reflects my mood. Oh well.

Today I played hide and seek in the dark with my nameless charges (not the anonymous siblings) and it is worth mentioning that two year olds do not understand hide and seek in the dark. Don't get me wrong--the nameless toddler is a bright little guy, who understands that hiding is more than standing with his face in the corner. He actually gets behind things.

But, being the careful nanny that I am, I don't believe in letting two year olds wander around in dark basements. So I hid with him. We found a good spot behind some boxes that was actually rather comfortable because there were some soft sleeping bags next to us. I explained to toddler that we were hiding and that we had to be very quiet. He got a serious look on his face and sat very still, eyes wide, not making a peep.

Until the lights went out. In case you were skimming the above, notice that we played hide-and-seek in the dark. Which meant that before the oldest nameless child, who is thirteen, came downstairs, he flipped the switch. And this was too fascinating for toddler. It was so fascinating that he felt the need to explain it to me in great detail and proceeded to inform me, in very emphatic toddlerese, "Dark! Light! Dark! Light! Hide!"

Given that oldest isn't deaf in any way, shape or form, you can guess who he found first.