power outage

We are still at the lake, still waiting for nicer weather so we can replumb and move back home... Today's weather was not encouraging. Major storms, tornado sirens, lots and lots and lots of heavy sheeting rain were the story today, so much so that we have opted not to try and dig trenches at home tomorrow to lay pipe (fearing he'll get the equipment bogged down in mud). Dennis and I were disappointed this morning when the power went out, and when we reported it, we were told it'd be back on at noon. It did come back on at noon, but only for 4 minutes and then went back out and stayed out. We napped and played in the dark and Dennis begged and begged to watch TV. I told him we couldn't because we didn't have any power. He was intrigued by the whole power outage. He said "the power is off, we can't use the lights" and I told him that was right and he said "where is the power?". I wish I knew! The best was when he said (again) "can we please watch TV Mommy, please?" and I said we couldn't (again). He was quiet for a minute and then said "can we put batteries in the TV?". I explained that it did not run on batteries. Tonight he was telling David about his day and said "Daddy, the power was off and we couldn't put batteries in the TV because it can't use them". About mid-afternoon I couldn't stand it any more and took him into town to work out with me at the gym. We had family workout day again, and all was well until Dennis locked the changing room door and closed it. It was a keyed lock and there was no key for it. David had to drill out the lock and replace the knob. He spent the rest of our time there touching things he shouldn't have been messing with and hanging from various pieces of gym equipment. I am sitting here relaxing and I am so glad he's in bed now, just so I can have a break from worrying what will get destroyed next!