Growing up in New York, we never had Tornado drills in school. It will be something that Owen will become very familiar with, living in Indiana. Since we moved to Indiana in April, there have been over a dozen tornado warnings for Allen County; Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Last Wednesday we had our first tornado warning in our new house, in our very own storm shelter! How mid-western! The sky grew dark and ominous, as we watched leaves blow in circular motions across the street. We grabbed some blankets and pillows and Owen's baby mattress that was handy in our garage, and headed into our storm shelter. Owen of course, loved every minute of it. He was so excited to help me gather items to take in with us. When we got in there we looked at each other and Owen smiled and said "mmmmm!!! Look at all of this delicious food in here!" and proceeded to eat scooby snacks, apple sauce and peanuts. I'd say that our first tornado drill was a complete success. There was even a verse or two of "Somewhere over the Rainbow". As we left the storm shelter Owen said "can we do this again tomorrow?" and I thought to myself, man.... I hope not!
