March Mud

Some days I think I may have earned mom of the year. The jury is still out on this one however. Today was about 60 degrees and sunny. The first gorgeous day of Spring. Most of the snow is gone, which leaves us with a lot of MUD! I was inspired to go on a family walk or bike ride, but was somewhat dismayed by all of our mud. We have a lot of shade by our house, so our gravel roads have not yet dried. I knew it would be a mess if we went, so I decided to embrace the weather and the day.

For anyone who wanted to attend, we decided on a family bike ride and would see who would be the muddiest when we were through. All kids love mud and puddles, so why not embrace them. It originally sounded like a fun way to spend the day. It wouldn't take that long to clean up. So I had to do a load of laundry this afternoon...no big deal right. Well, the pictures can tell the rest of the story.

When almost home, the kids stopped to wait and saw the biggest puddle of mud in the farmer's corn field. They were slipping and sliding. They fell down a couple of times. They decided to make mud angels. They decided that washing their bikes when we got home would be fun. They threw mud balls and rubbed mud all over themselves. They were FILTHY!

The mud was a mess to clean up, but I think all the giggles might have been worth it...MIGHT have been worth it. Like I said, the jury is still out on this one.