What Happens When You Let Him Dress Himself....

We Love Mud!!

You should know something about us...we love mud. I never, ever played in the mud as a child, never considered it until I met my husband. He introduced me to playing in the mud and I have been addicted ever since. It appears that he has passed on his love for all things muddy to Jake. For several days in a row, all it did was rain, rain, rain. Jake has a spot in the back of our neighborhood where he likes to go and play. He calls this spot "the dirt place". We had to keep from going back there for several days because it was just raining too much. The first day that the rain held off for a little while, Jake asked if we could go play at the dirt place. We obliged and the dirt place turned out to be more like the mud place. Before we knew it, Jake stripped off his socks and shoes and was ankle deep in the mud. He had a great time playing and we had lots of laughs watching and listening to him play. Here are a few pics to show just how muddy he got his little piggies!!

My Little Salesman

It's quite possible that Jake watches too much tv. I will admit that. My question is, are other children as obsessed with infomercials as he is? For about 2 years now, he has been bugging me to get him some of those water globes to water the plants with, I say we, no, scratch that, Mark does just fine watering the plants with a cup of water. He has told me before that if we had a Snuggie, I could hold him and be covered up with a blanket all at the same time. He wants me to have a Shoes Under and wants me to know that I can get 2 of them for the price of 1...AND that means I can store 80 shoes under the bed. I told him that Daddy doesn't want us to put stuff under our beds. To that he replied "you can also use it to store shoes in the closet." When I was sweeping the floor Friday, he said, in the most serious tone of voice, "Mama, that broom won't get into the corners! Do you know what will? A Swiffer Sweeper...and you don't have one of those!" Do you think he might have a career in sales?