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Mud Puddles and Shopping Trips

Well, it has rained....and rained....and rained....you get the picture! It did stop long enough this afternoon to take advantage of the soft, wet ground to get some weeding done in the herb garden and the flower beds. The rain makes everything so clean at first but then here comes the mud! Then here comes the mud all in the house! My girls always promise they won't get wet and muddy but then when they get outside they just can't resist. Yesterday they went out in their cute, little rain boots and just had a blast. I told them no getting wet and muddy. "Yes, ma'am" they both exclaimed. Well, I don't even have to tell you how that turned out! But the funniest thing happened. We had corrected them about jumping and stomping in the puddles in the grass because it makes holes and we explained someone could get hurt. Well, it continued anyway. Hmmmm. Mama was not impressed. So I brought them to timeout and we had a life discussion. Now, honestly, I think it would ha