when it rains.

On most mornings, I {sometimes} have to threaten kids with physical torture {not really} or worse {kinda} in order to get them to do their chores and do them correctly.

But, yesterday morning I had no trouble getting the kids to do their outdoor chores.

If anything, I had enthusiastic volunteers.

Was there some strange planetary alignment which took place or did aliens abduct my children and replace them with robotic look-alikes or....?

Or maybe because it was raining?

Yes, It's because it was raining.

{sigh}.