Mud-wonderful

While every day is the perfect day for playing in the mud, some are more perfect than others. Like International Mud Day, which was yesterday. The kiddos kicked off the celebration by choosing their own appropriate (or not) footwear for a hot, humid summer weekend, then stirred up a brew that alternately turned people into plants and made them happy depending on if they were playing "good guys" or "bad guys". 

Later on they put on their swimsuits and made mud stew, mud cupcakes and a mud pie. The pie and cupcakes were put in the "freezer" in the shade under a large shrub to chill. I had the privilege of taste-testing these, then washing my pans. I am planning a trip to the thrift store for some kitchen equipment that they can keep outside instead of using mine. 

 Then they both got in the mucky, sticky mud by the creek to try to catch tadpoles. Fortunately for the tadpoles they moved quicker than the kids. 

           How did you celebrate?