Duck Park

Watching the ducks


Trying to get in the water with the ducks.


All by herself! This girl cracks me up.


Spontaneous hugging/strangling



But they always end up in the dirt


and Taryn ends up half-naked.

Muddy Buddies

As a mom, I am anal about a few things--bedtime, naps, juice intake--but one thing I am not is how messy and dirty my kids get. In fact, I encourage it. So the other day when the weather was so nice (see Reed wearing shorts and a t-shirt in March!), Reed and I were reading books on our porch. He lost interest after a little while, so I grabbed my own book and sat outside with him. He really was just looking at the dirt at first and poking around with our watering can.

But then it turned into this. Sure, he's happy, Taryn is still napping, and I get to read a book. Win-win.


And this.


And the porch was a mess.


Yeah, he'll probably need a bath.


Reed thought he was done, but then Taryn woke up and she wanted in on the fun too.


How could you deny that face?


Teamwork


Reed


Taryn...never both at the same time, of course.


Getting the feet involved.


They were both in the zone!


"There's not enough mud in this one."


Reed couldn't resist the white canvas.


Whoops, missed a spot.


Soooo tempting....


Oh baby.

This is what we call...

a "WILSON SANDWICH!"