• Mar. 22, 2006
The Mud Pit
Spring has made to Louisiana and has brought cold weather and rain, rain, and more rain. Now, I'm not complaining about the rain because we did suffer through a drought this summer. But you should see my backyard!
You see, I let the boys dig a hole in my garden this winter. That hole has become a mini pond in our backyard. Also that hole has been an issue with the boys and us this week. Here's the series of events...
Sunday - We are getting ready to leave to go back to the evening services at church. The boys have been inside since Saturday morning because of rain. At this time, there is no rain so they go out to wait for us in the van. You can probably see what's coming...We go outside to get in the van ourselves and the boys are no where to be found. Seems they think that the van is now in the back yard by the garden though it is right in your face as you walk out of the house. They have to change clothes before we leave and we are late for children's choir.
Monday - Day 2 of mud fiasco - It has rained again for most of the day but has stopped by the afternoon. The boys ask to go outside and I reply that I'm not in the mood for mud today because I'm all ready up to my eyeballs in dirty clothes. (My washer and dryer are out in the detached garage making washing clothes difficult on cold, rainy days.) I am answered with, "Mommy, we just want to ride our bikes out front. We'll stay out of the mud." Guess where they ended up? Yep, you guessed it. In the mud...again...and back to washing more clothes. By the way, they got to wash that load of clothes.
Tuesday - Day 3 of yet more mud - By this point, you are wondering if I'm dim or what. Maybe I am...However, I am trying to teach my kids that I need to be able to trust them and hold them to their word. So the boys ask to go outside and before I say anything this is what they say, "We PROMISE that we will not get in the mud." The really did a lot better this time. They had been outside playing for quite a while before I noticed that they were back in the mud hole.
Today, nobody is going outside. We are going to wait until the evil mud pit dries up.
Picture of the evil mud pit!
