look- more rain, just slightly less than yesterday. mom and i went out this morning for our usual morning walk around town to buy random things and get fresh air. i got to help again at the grocery store. we walked down the street to see if the crazy veg stand ladies were there, nope. they have only been out once this week. i guess they don't work in the cold rain. since we were down on that side of town mom said we could go visit the charity shops. we didn't find anything good until the last store. i had a good rummage around in the 10p box. i found a car with opening doors, a tractor, and a digger. mom said i could have all three. if 30p worth of beat up cars was going to keep me happy and busy on a nasty rainy day, mom said- total bargain.
mom and i walked home in the sprinkles. i stomped a few puddles and tried to kick the wet leaves. we get near home and there was a lady with an umbrella smiling and walking towards us. mom waved at her. i gave the lady a good look, wait a minute, that lady is mommom. MOMMOM! what a totally unexpected surprise. mommom has come for a short visit.
we all went inside out of the rain. i showed mommom my new cars. we called grdad to let him know that mommom made it safe and sound. i got to talk to grdad but only for a minute since he was busy driving the big postman vans.
mom said that santa was due in town today and if mommom wanted to take me out she could, so off we went. mommom and i got dressed up in our pounding rain gear and headed out. town was packed full of people. the rain poured down but that didn't stop santa. he rode right down the street in his sleigh with a bunch of real live reindeer. it was so exciting. santa waved at me- twice and gave me big smiles. oh yeah, i'm totally going to be on the good boy list.