Mud pies

It was a lovely sunny day. So I thought - 'the savages are playing so nicely with that pot plant of dirt - I'll just head off around the garden and water some plants, give a friend a phone call.

Everyone is happy.

They say kids should play in the dirt more these days...you know germs and building your immunity. I always played in the mud as a child....

This is what happened...


It ended up absolutely everywhere -the pictures don't really do it justice ....

What joy this brought the little savages - so happy with themselves. There were mud pies, mud kitchens, mud bridges, mud seats and tables, every toy had a mud baptism, including some unrecognisable teddies, a quilt and beanbag. Even the tiny savage was black from head to toe....

The best part was - I didn't hear a peep from them. No squabbling or crying - just sheer joy. I discovered them early but didn't want to interrupt their creativity. Finally it'd been a good hour and a half, and  they were spent!

Little savage fell asleep with head in my lap. Medium savage couldn't stop smiling. We also had fun bathtime in a tub in the sun. So successful day all in all, and it didn't cost a cent.

Its fine. Afraid of what the Big Savage might do when he got home and saw the back deck I hosed everything down....before they walked in inside and through the house AGAIN (yes they did it already). Vacuum time again...C'est la vie.