Jul. 26, 2008 - ~MUD, MUD, and some more MUD~

We've been having tons of rain lately, but on Friday we finally saw one day of sunshine.  Yeah!  So, the children and I took advantage of the nice day and headed to the beach to partake in the local tradition of "muddin'"!

 

 

 

We live near the Inlet, where the mud is a very unique mix of glacier silt, and super fine sand.  When the tide goes out and the mud flats show up, it's time to go play in the mud!

 

So, I took the children (plus one out-of-state cousin who we're privileged to have visiting us) and let them have at it.  They assured me, they only wanted to get muddy "UP TO THEIR KNEES".  HA HA!!

Well, it didn't take long before I looked out across the flats and saw this scene.

Evelyn was up to her waste in mud, Sullivan was ON HIS HEAD, Celina and Cousin K were lying DOWN, and Oliver was already covered up to his armpits in the gooey, impossible to wash off, sticky stuff. 

After about an hour of giggling, squealing, mud-throwing, tummy-sliding, laughing, and rolling in mud, they came in to attempt to warm up.  I was super glad I'd remembered to bring my camera along!

 

Here is Celina and Cousin K.

 

 

Sullivan "Head Stand" Jackson- age 11.  What a goof!!

Oliver "Mom, I'm cold" Jackson- age 7

 

Evelyn "Goosebumps" Jackson- age 4

Statue entitled "My Two Sons".  Heh heh.

 

Then came the worst part of the day... attempting to rinse off in a FREEZING cold creek!  It was SO horribly cold that the girls instantly got headaches when they tried to rinse the mud out of their hair!  Here they are trying to rinse without actually getting IN the creek. 

 Eventually, they got enough of the mud off to be allowed back in my VW van to ride home.   But first, we warmed up by a fire and ate s'mores.  It was a really fun day of memory making. 

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Jul. 27, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Looks like somthing my kid would do.....oh, yeah, she DID do that one year while we were dipnetting! She had a ball, and looked hilarious - just like your crazy kids! Looks like you guys were out having tons of fun AGAIN! Miss you guys...life is just so busy! We walked Oscar in the parade today, and Madison threw a whole bucket of candy.....in the rain......I'm coming down with a bad cold. Yuck! Love your pictures - as always!!! Love, Rhonda

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Jul. 27, 2008 - Muddin

Posted by Matthew & Juletta

Looks like fun for the kids. As a mother I wanted to say, "oh no"! But I guess your kids are big enough to clean themselves. It's great to see Kaiya in the pictures. Tell her the Smiths say Hi.
Love you guys.

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Jul. 27, 2008 - MUD!!!

Posted by Minnesota Mom

Leah, that is hilarious! Who are those mud aliens?! How can they get that mud all over their faces and not have it in their eyes?! Goodness, those pictures have me laughing so hard!

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Jul. 27, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Oh. My. Goodness. Those are HILARIOUS! Are they clean YET? :)

Holly
seekingfaithfulness

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Aug. 1, 2008 - SOOOOOOOOOOO COOOOL!

Posted by mOLLY the Great

OH my gosh, I just died looking at these GREAT pics!!!! What FUNNNNNNNNNNN~!!!!!!!! :)

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Aug. 2, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Your MOTHER

You are NUTS. Did I ever let you do that? NOOOOOOOOOOoooooo. There's quicksand in that mud! Admitedly, your children have more fun than you did.

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Aug. 4, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by christywhisty

AMAZING! Simply amazing! Leah, no one has more fun in life than your family. You guys are a true testament of Joy.

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Aug. 7, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Hi! I wanted to stop by and introduce myself since we are ALSO Alaskan, (future homeschooling), Christian bloggers! I LOVE it when we find other bloggers from right here at home! Hasn't the past few days of sunshine been WONDERFUL??

Anyways, I used to have a hsb account, but then we switched over to www.we2r1preston.blogspot.com (my sister actually started HSB- she's TOSpublisher)- Anyways, we don't have any kiddos yet, but are hoping to sooner than later!

I loved all your crazy muddy children pictures! lol! that is hilarious! Especially the statues! :)

Take care and come visit when you can!

Jessica Preston

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Aug. 9, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by subbertfamily

That looks fantastic!! How much fun is that!! I would love to be able to do that with my kids!!
Enjoy!
Michelle

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Aug. 10, 2008 - "Muddin"

Posted by Grandma Carol

This is what Grandma Carol is hoping to be able to do when she comes up! What do you think of that?

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