Puddles!

I guess I'm farther behind that I realized. A few weeks ago (the last time it rained a decent bit), Mae got to try out her new rain boots!

She figured it out pretty quickly, thanks to her two good teachers.

They even found a frog and watched it 'go swimming' for awhile.

Now if it would just rain again.....

Puddles

Ok, I've fallen off the blogging wagon, but I'm trying to hop back on!

Sometime in the last couple of weeks, it rained, so we splashed (as usual!). Arabelle actually didn't want to splash this day, which has never happened!

Less Than a Year....

It took less than a year for Mae to figure out the fun of playing in puddles!

As you can see, she had a blast! 

Splashing and Swimming?

Well, it's only taken me almost a week to share these pictures.....last Monday was a really rainy day, so late Tuesday morning we checked out all the puddles with the promise of getting to splash in them after nap/rest.

It started out as the usual splashing.....

And then we kept walking and looking for more puddles. They were a bit ahead of me and SWIMMING before I knew it. They declared this was the BEST PUDDLE EVER!!!!

Mae got out of the stroller and enjoyed some small puddles and playing with rocks.

Arabelle and Bo had the best time in the swimming hole....they played for about 30 minutes. Mae was content to explore the area too. I was standing there watching Mae play in the mud/rocks while Arabelle and Bo were happily playing in the 'pool' and I was just overwhelmed with the fact that we've been given these 3 sweet kids. :)

Mae even got dirty. :)

They were disappointed that the 'pool' was gone the next day. 

Puddles!

You know how much we love mud puddles! There was a big rain on Friday morning and that afternoon was the perfect weather for splashing.

Bo spent a lot of time making mud cakes. Yum!

Mae will be right in it next year, I bet!

 After I put my camera away, we took a bike ride through the puddles and Bo got his stuck just so. The back wheel was up off the ground and made a big spray of water when he would pedal. They spent a good 30 minutes spraying the water for one another to run through. Needless to say, they were SOAKED!

Finally...Puddles!

It has been awhile since we've had some puddles to splash in! When it rained a bit the other day and was warm enough to get wet, we went for it!

Mae will be in it before I know it! 

Puddles!

We have had plenty of puddles to play in the last few weeks! Our yard is saturated and the puddles in the neighborhood are FULL!

Ms. Sue's puddle is the favorite I think. It's my favorite too, because it's not as muddy as our other neighbor's puddle. ;)

Bo is telling some kind of story here. I can just hear him...."THIS big!"

We walked around to have a snack on the last of the blueberries. Bo said his hands were too dirty to pick them, so he just ate them off the bush.

This was our yard last Friday!

I can't wait to see Mae out there splashing along with them!

Fun in the rain!

We had a couple of afternoons with a lot of rain earlier this week, so of course, there was some puddle jumping and playing in the rain going on!

There were a few rumbles of thunder in the distance, so Bo kept his ears covered.

Mae wasn't very amused by the rain.

I have no idea what they were doing in this one, but it has kept me laughing!

You'll just have to imagine the sound here....

Rain Day

"School" was cancelled on Tuesday and Wednesday because of all the rain we got over the weekend and early in the week. So, we had some fun days at home! Tuesday morning, we baked a yummy treat together....these Deep Dish Oatmeal Chocolate Cookie Bars.

As you can see, they were both pleased. I think Bo could be on a commercial with this face!

Fortunately, it was a pretty warm day on Tuesday, so we hit the puddles with a splash! I did decide to make them some trash bag covers to keep their clothes from getting completely soaked. 

I love this action shot of Arabelle!

Arabelle also had the idea to start a one girl band and used her bed as the stage. She had a really serious band face going on at the beginning!

Bo got in on the action too:

We finished our fun days today with a trip to the library and a park picnic! 

Think we've had a fun week??