Thunder, Lightning, and Hail, OH MY!

Wow, the light show last night was nuts! We had just put Lukey Duke and Brooklyn to bed when my sister called and told us to go outside and check out the lightning... We stepped onto the back porch and it was the most active thunder and lightning storm I've ever seen here, centered right over our house! We'd only been out there watching the flashes of light for a moment when a HUGE clap of thunder brought Lukey running, full speed, from his bedroom crying his eyeballs out. We tried to explain that it was just light and sound and that it couldn't hurt him or come inside the house, but it didn't help.... The poor kid was petrified. So, needless to say, we tucked him into our bed with cartoons on the tube, his blankie and baby bear clutched in his arms, and hoped that he'd fall asleep... We headed back to the porch and had just stepped out onto the back porch when the skies opened up and dime-sized chunks of hail began pelting the yard, followed by a torrential downpour of rain for about 20 minutes. It was all over within about 45 minutes, but it was awesome. Us Californians don't get to see too much truly bad weather, so it's kind of a treat when it does happen here. I think Duke enjoyed getting a little Mommy and Daddy time sleeping in our bed and I'm sure there was no way we would have been able to talk him back into his own bed after all the crazy weather...