We had one terrific thunderstorm last night!   Calvin is working nights this week, and the boys take turns sleeping with me when he's gone....at one point, Coy got up to go potty and climbed back in his bed....then came the thunder and lightning!!!  I knew he woudl be awake soon, so I waited for him to call me, and he didnt'....then BOOM!!!   The loudest of all thunder and brightest of lightning struck..I walked to his room and brought him to my bed.

As he climbed in my bed, lightning and thunder crashed and a car passed the corner of the house at the same time....he thought he saw something jump off the roof of our house...it took me about 10 minutes to convice him it was just a shadow from the lightning or passing car.  Then I told him how I used to be afraid of lightning, and he started with a MILLION questions. 

I decided this morning to do a little research on lightning, and came up with a great site from FEMA.   After breakfast, I'll have him read through the site and answer the questions on it.   I figure it will be a great lesson for him.

Here's a link if anyone is interested in it:

http://www.fema.gov/kids/thunder.htm

And here is another interesting lesson about lightning:

http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/lightning/index.html

Blessings,

Hope