That's Gross...

My kids border on either insane or hilariously funny. Sometimes I can't tell the two apart. Prepare yourself to be disgusted. This past Thursday evening it was nice out, I'd say about 65 or 70 degrees. The kids had all finished dinner and I was trying to finish mine and talk with my friend Susie and my mom. So, I sent them to play out back. Within like 5 minutes I hear the water outside running and I yell to turn it off. They do, then about 5 minutes later I hear it again. I yell to turn it off while I am walking to the door to see what they are doing. Here is the scene I see when I look out the back door. Eve is in her diaper only, clothes thrown on the patio standing on the edge of a big puddle under the swing. Providence is in her stretch pants and no shirt, she threw it off on the patio as well. The boys are covered in mud and "mud skiing" under the swing set in the large mud puddle they created. They were pouring buckets of mud and water on each other. The girls got in on it too. They dipped butts in the puddle and made butt prints on the patio, they showered with mud, but the worst was yet to come. I decided it was pointless to stop the fun now since they were already covered in mud. They continued to get dirty. My mom wanted to go from my house to her house through the backyard. Big mistake. On her way out she says to me, "don't let them touch me." Before she finished the sentence or left the back steps Josiah got this gleam in his eye and attacked. He started rubbing his muddy hands all over her. She started squealing and we all started laughing. I knew I should make him stop, but I couldn't get the words out because I was laughing so hard I almost wet myself. It was hilarious. Finally they stopped because we must have sounded serious enough to get their attention when we hollered stop. They kept playing and picking flowers off the tree and floating them in the puddle. Josiah and Noah were standing in the puddle and Josiah yells, "I'm peeing." Then he yells with a grin, "it feels like warm water." Noah, who I am well aware should be too old for this yells, "I'm peeing too." They then proceeded to pee in the puddle and then play some more. It was funny and foul all at the same time. What I will say is that they had a blast. The only thing it cost me was washing clothes twice, scrubbing mud out of my shower, and a little extra energy at bath time. They slept like babies that night.


We are on spring break this next week and I hope to have some fun stories and pictures. We are going to the Findley Market opening day parade on Monday with Grandpa Tim. I can't wait. It will be a first for me and the kids.