Of lawns, sprinklers, and mud

[celticdragonfly]

Karl did some backyard lawn work today while the kids were napping. I sat out there and knit and watched, and brought him a drink. Karl was about to head outside with the sturdy metal rake, and was holding it upright. I said "wait a minute" and came over, took his arm, stared straight ahead. He cracked up laughing. He did point out that the tines went in the wrong direction, but it's the closest I've ever seen him to it. For an engineer he does have a good grasp of literature and art.

When she woke up from her nap, we sent Maggie out to play in the sprinkler, wearing just a t-shirt, pullup, and old sandals. She was dubious about it at first. She later went topless and started getting into it. Jamie woke up, so I got him out of Sunday clothes, into shorts and his sandals, and sent him out. I'm looking out the window - he's just discovered the childhood joy of stomping mud puddles. Mud all up his leg and shorts. Oh man, he's going to be quite the cleanup job. But he looks like he's having fun.

Comments

[hopeevey.livejournal.com]

What delightful images :)

I may have to play in the sprinkler myself, once it gets hot again.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Now I have actual images to go with it.

Well, my mother in law had called and told Karl she wanted pictures. Given she still has snow, dunno if she'll like these or not!

[kattelyn.livejournal.com]

*laughs* The joys of playing in the mud never go away. Here I am almost 30 and I had a BLAST yesterday. Tracked muddy footprints all over the kitchen floor, got absolutely covered head to toe, but man it was fun.

I even found a snake! Itty bitty maybe 4" max long grass snake. Too Cute!

Doncha know? Kidlets must have their daily requirement of mud to be healthy!