Power Outage Means Bonding

Tonight we had our first real power outage in quit some time. We lost power at about 5pm from high winds. We had no way to know just how long the power was going to be out, but considering it typically comes back on within minutes we continued to watch TV for a few minutes as everything was running off of the APC. After about 30 minutes though we decided that the power wasn’t going to come  back so we turned off the TV to conserve power on the APC. Thankfully we had already eaten dinner before the power went out, so we didn’t have to worry about food. So Kylie and I found other ways to pass the time. We talked about everything and anything that came to our minds, from Kylie’s classes and her friends, to her ballet and violin lessons and even Daddy’s job. While we still had some natural light we also read some books to each other and played games. When the light started to diminish we lit a number of candles through out the apartment, and then took some pictures of them. Bedtime came and we still had no power, so I turned Kylie’s night light to on and told her that as soon as the power came back it would turn on but until then I was going to leave a candle lit on her dresser for light. Then I lied down next to her so we could talk a little more before she drifted off to sleep. After about 30 minutes of us laying down and talking, the power came back on! So I was able to turn on Kylie’s radio and blow out all of the candles. It was a lot of fun not having power and I think that maybe we will make a point of “losing power” in the future to allow us to spend some uninterrupted quality time together.