No Power

Power was out up here for 15 hours straight! Fortunately it was not cold outside.

Baby grandbaby was just put to bed so she didn’t know. That left big brother and Gramma to hold down the fort while mommy and daddy were away.

It was dusk turning to dark. We got out the matches and lit the candles and watched them burn together. The dishwasher stopped running. We did not open the fridge or freezer to conserve the coldness. We talked about why. Couldn’t really read stories too well by candle light alone. No TV, no sound machine, no night lights or streetlights, just quietness and some light from the few neighbors who had generators running. So we talked together, big brother (almost 4) and I.  We talked about electricity and why the oven, the refrigerator and the washer wouldn’t work. We tried the light switches anyway…yep, they still didn’t work. Instead of reading stories, I told him stories about his daddy and stories I told to his daddy when he was his age. We lit a candle for upstairs until bedtime and instead of closing his blinds and door, I left them open for more light and told him I did the same in my room so I could hear him and he could hear me. Both little ones slept very soundly, although I had one ear turned on all night 🙂

Wake up was normal time, but I forgot about the time change, and little brother wanted to go make waffles…which we couldn’t with no power, so we had oranges and fig bars for breakfast after we relit the candles. We played games at the kitchen table in the morning darkness until baby and the sun came up, and played more games and stories until the power finally came on again.

Then we opened the fridge for milk,  turned on the coffee pot, restarted the dishwasher.

It was good for us all to be with out power. Lots more togetherness, hugging, talking, laughing, learning.

We made an uneventful happening turn out good for us!