Rachel loves the rain

It has been raining for the past 24 hours after a two-week reprieve:

"I like the rain," Rachel said. "It helps all the plants to grow."

Later she said: "I have a wonderful surprise, ok? It's a watering can, and I can rummage around the house when it's dry and water the plants, OK?"

I made up a story today, at her request, about Christmas lights. It was about a family with twin girls (also at Rachel's insistence) named Anna and Sarah who had lots of Christmas lights every year, along with every other house in town, but then all the daddies started losing their jobs, and the mommies did, too, and soon none of the houses except Anna's and Sarah's had lights...

"And if I had jobs I would give out lots of jobs to all the daddies," Rachel interrupted.

The story ended with Anna and Sarah and their parents deciding to give some of their lights to every house in town -- but to do it during the day, when the daddies were looking for jobs and the mommies are taking the kids to activities, so no one knew what Anna and Sarah had done until the night, when the lights came on...

"...and then I'd wave a magic wand and all the houses would disappear!" Rachel concluded.