When we got home this afternoon, the kids were immediately begging to frolic in the backyard. This is standard after-school routine, but today was the 2nd day of rain (again!), which only ended about 2 hours before school did, in what has, so far, been a very wet spring. My first thought was, "because the 5 loads of laundry I have waiting for me upstairs isn't enough, you want to add muddy clothes to the mix?" But even as that thought entered my head, I was reminded of a post by The Little Travelers' mom just a short time ago about the rhythms of their day, and how they always made a point to be outside, even if for a short time.
So I stared at this puddle...
and outside we went.
Finn was overjoyed to show me
the mud on the tip of his bus.
the mud on the tip of his bus.
The others climbed, played...
checked out their garden...
the standard afternoon business.
And I noticed some new growth on our evergreens
and these first leaves on our maple trees.
An extra load of laundry seems like a small price to pay.
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