Mud

You probably saw on facebook last week that Nolan and I made the most of the temporary "lake" pooling in our driveway. It's finally starting to dry up now but there was an actual family of ducks living in there. It was so bizarre! 

So it was a pretty quiet Thursday, I was in a funk and Nolan was bored during one of Miles' nap times when I suddenly told Nolan to put his boots on we're going outside! He fought me because he was trying to convince me that we should watch TV. um...no. 

I grabbed my camera and told Nolan he can go splash in the puddle while I took pictures. I had visions of a mud caked, crazy excited kid and this is what he gave me...

Really?! I give him complete freedom to make a huge mess and he just stood there. I think he was in shock since I usually tell him to walk around puddles, don't make a mess, etc.

I eventually convinced him to walk around a bit which lead to running back and forth.

Not quite the muddy mess I was expecting but he was definitely excited. This is when he remembered his toy boat, he wanted to see if it would sink in the mud. Go for it, I said!

It did sink, so he ran some more.

At the end of the day, this was as dirty as he got, I striped him down at the door and we went inside for hot chocolate. He declared it was the best day EVER!