Crazy Mud Day

The new gardeners have been doing a fantastic job cleaning up the yard and Ezra — the boy who has loved to dig since he was a baby — is very pleased with the loosened soil in the planter beds. I didn’t really want him digging up the front yard but a boy’s gotta dig, so we needed a compromise. I decided to offer the backyard. The sheer delight in his eyes when I answered “Yes” to his question: “Can we make mud?” was priceless.

So, I gave them some parameters (let’s keep to one spot, please) and went back inside to continue working on the Apple Sale stuff. Pretty soon I heard, “Mommy, can we take our clothes off?” “Yes, just keep your underwear on.” More delight.

When I came down to check on them about ten minutes later, this is what I found.

Muddy boys

And as if they weren’t covered enough, they started re-covering themselves just to be certain.

Mud bath

And then they wanted to do a video about how to take a mud bath.

I decided to let them have at it (while taking periodic peeks out the bedroom window) and after a while they’d used the hose to [almost] clean themselves up. They still needed a bath but this was probably the easiest mud-play cleanup we’ve ever had.

Clean up time