Water, Water Everywhere

Today got off to an interesting start.  It was raining pretty hard but nonetheless we were packing up to go to church in Mascoutah.  Right as we were getting ready to load up the car, (we were planning to stay the whole day so that requires diaper bag, change of clothes, extra bottles and formula, etc...) Jake noticed that the ceiling in our sunroom was leaking.  Upon further inspection, Jake informed me that the ceiling was just moments away from caving in.  What!?  So we hurriedly moved everything out of the surnroom, turned off the power to that room and then called Scott, Jake's brother, for advice.  He suggested that we drill a hole in the ceiling to let the water drain.  Good thinking!  So we decided that Mia and I would still head to Mascoutah and Jake would stay behind to work on the sunroom.  A few blocks from home I realized that the road was flooded and all the cars had to turn around.  I went the other direction and the road was closed a few blocks the other way due to flooding too.  So, I decided it would be best to just turn around and head home.  Jake was able to poke a few holes in the ceiling (no drilling required it was so soft) and about 6 gallons of water drained out.  We were able to save the ceiling from caving in but we definitely have some work ahead of us.  

Later this afternoon, the weather cleared up and we took Mia to Tilles Park.  On the way, traffic was still being diverted on Brentwood due to flooding.  It was crazy to see indicators of how high the water had risen this morning.  Once we finally got to the park, we had a great time walking around.  The water was so high there that the pond was covering part of the road through the park.  This meant that we could get right up next to the ducks, which Mia thought was so fun.  She would point at them and say "Duck!"  Okay, actually Mia likes to point at things and say "Da" so really she could have just been saying that, but we do like to think that she is a genius!  After such a crazy morning, this was a great way to end the weekend!