Here's a few more pictures, these are of last Saturday night at one of our friends from small group, their parents' pond...they invited everyone over for some fishing and cookout...we forgot our cameras so we used Eric's iPhone which we tend to use a lot more these days....I thought we got some great pics of the kiddos in their element...what turned out to be in their element after some minor adjustments for Stanley especially.
It had rained all day last Friday and Saturday, so by the time we got there, there was a lot of mud and standing water :)...me, being the prepared mama I am, brought my kids in crocs...so as we were walking up to the pond, the mud was squishing through their crocs...which didn't bother Clara a bit, but was a bit of a crisis for Stanley...Stanley is crying and upset...and I thought to myself, how are we raising kids that they don't like the mud? Eric made a similar comment out loud...and I said, "hey buddy, I hate to say it, but we are raising our kids not to like the mud and dirt!" Not because we say we don't like to get dirty, but just by the mere act of not recalling many times where they were allowed to truly play in the mud and dirt (my kids get dirty, don't get me wrong! but not this kind of dirty) :)...so thank goodness, Elesha had some rubber boots...Stanley opted for them and was mostly fine with them until he got mud inside his boot....Clara however, opted for her crocs...maybe this is a sign of their personalities or age, I don't know...Clara loves twirling around in her dresses, but she also loves playing in the mud and dirt! ;) Anyways, here's Daddy helping Stanley learn how to fish..
He caught four fish that day after we used the right bait from our friend, Lauren's Barbie bait kit :)...he was pretty proud as you can see...he was sad when we got home that he didn't catch 10 fish! I'm not sure where he gets his numbers, they seem random to us, but they mean something to him!
Yep, and here's my girl...knee deep in the mud, she played like this for a good hour!! She was a MESS! a HAPPY MESS, no less! I think she would have played in there for hours. For me, it was a decision of keeping her occupied playing in the mud puddles OR chasing after her as she got too close to the pond. Any mothers might agree why I chose the mud puddles...I do admit I kept wondering what bacteria she was going to go home with?! So far so good....
Here Clara is checking out one of Stanley's fish...I'm not sure if you can tell, but her little skirt is so full of water and mud, it is sagging down at her diaper...and she still has her girlie bows in! :)
Here's some of Stanley and Clara's small group buddies who came fishing....what a sweet, messy time!
After we got Clara hosed down, we put her in new clothes on, somehow during the cook out, we were able to keep her out of the mud. But, Mommy had white clothes to change into (that's just what we had in the diaper bag, I wasn't prepared again!)....and so the next mess was cheetos, popsicles, and homemade ice cream...again, she was happy! Man, bath time looked so good when we got home! For everyone!! It was a fun time, when we left, Stanley said, "I can't wait to come back and fish again!" We were all tired when we got home, I'm hoping the next time we go, it's a little dryer...although I guess that would take away from the fun for lil Miss Clara! ;)
And, this is the last picture of the post...I had to put this on here...not my favorite picture of me (ha!), but that's ok, I'm posting it more to see if anyone thinking Clara's little eyes and face remind them of her Mama's? For real! So sweet when we get her genuine little smile on a picture!!
Well, we are getting ready to spend Memorial Day with some dear family, so hope you have a nice weekend!! Once again, thanks as always for stopping!!
Love,
Kendra
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