MUD

The last few days have been pretty nice here- still a little chilly but the biggest part of the snow has melted off. The kids have been just itching to get outside so yesterday I decided to put their jackets and boots on and let them play in the backyard.... Little did I know there was a giant mud hole by the back fence.
Within a few minutes Zander came running back to the house upset almost to the point of tears saying, "Mom! TeeTee foot stuck!!" When I got out to see what the heck was going on, Taizlie was running around in the mud and snow with only socks on! She lost one boot in the mud hole and must've decided she might as well get rid of the other one (it was found after much-searching at the bottom of the slide). When the first boot got stuck, she must have fallen in the mud... from the waist down she was pretty soggy and not much better on her top half. Zander managed to somehow steer clear of the worst of it, but he was pretty filthy too. After some quick pictures, they had to undress on the back porch while I strung out the hose (that we haven't gotten out since last summer) to rinse off their clothes- there was no way I was going to put pure mud in the washing machine! Taizlie's socks were purple when I put them on, but it was impossible to tell after her little excursion through the mud.

 Can you even see the brown boot?

 

 

 My little mess

 

 

 Funny boy

 

 

I don't suppose there's any chance you could miss the mud on the back of those pants?

 

 

We will be going out again soon, I'm sure, even though when they came in Taizlie's feet were red from the cold. The warm shower they got probably made up for that part of it. :) Happy Spring!