Mud Bath

Clearly I have a lot of updating to do, but this one inspired me to actually upload photos and post on the same day! Isabelle had her "Vaseline" moment (as Brelsfords and affiliates will understand).

We were outside working on decorating the girls' bikes for the Spring Parade at their school. Lucia was running in the yard and slipped in a mud slick. She slimed her whole right side, filled her shoe with goo, and wasn't too happy about it. So I took her inside to clean her up, leaving Isabelle and two neighbor girls out front. When I came back 5 minutes later, this...

"Are you mad at me?"

Nervous waiting...

"I think I might get away with this."


"Yeah, in fact, I'm proud of myself!"


"Gonna dance a jig!"


I was a bit mad at first and sent the neighbor girls home (I'm not a big fan of them in the first place, especially the older one, who was miraculously clean), but when I went in to get the camera, I had to compose myself so I wouldn't laugh when I took these pics. Aside from the fact that Isabelle was wearing her patent leather shoes (her only nice pair) and that it took a LOT of effort to get all of the grass, clover, and other botanical elements out of her hair, a pretty funny way to celebrate the first day of spring!