Stuck in the muuuuudddd!

Ahhh... It's a balmy 57 degrees outside today and as you can see, Kasey is very, very happy. But she's not the only one. We all got our dose of vitamin D today as we played outside in what is now a rapidly diminishing cover of snow. We still have some of the white stuff and Chris was happy to play in it, but it didn't take long for him to find the gutter and drain pipe where water was dripping down into our flower beds. And not long after that, Buds found the mud! He began by finding small rocks and putting them in the small water puddle at the base of the drain pipe. Then he found a big rock and started digging in the mud. And finally, he ditched the rock, and he simply used his hands. Yes I'm doing laundry right now and yes we spent about 15 minutes washing his hands. Here he is after his mud play...

I suppose the mess could have been a lot worse but you can't really see his boots in this picture. I guess we're lucky he wasn't laying in the mud. Christopher is eating this up right now because one of his favorite things to do is pretend he is stuck in the mud. When we walk around the block, he'll stop at a tree and say, "I'm stuck in the muuuuudddd" with a strained voice. Then he'll reach for us and we have to pretend to pull him out. What an imagination on this kid! Anyway, here are some more mud action shots...