Not Me Monday: Muck
A favorite activity of ours is to open our home to other families for a meal and fellowship. During one such recent event, we did not explain to this family before they came over that they could help us with the back pond. We never just blend another family into our daily routine, assigning them chores with the rest of the family.
A flow well water line had broken, cutting off the water supply to said pond, and the fish needed to be relocated to the canal near our house. Our children and theirs headed out to the back pond while the moms assembled lunch and the dads watched from a distance. When it was time to round everyone up, we did not wish we had filmed the adventure. Children were not covered with mud, and our guests did not have to borrow clothing before we sat down for lunch. My children were not the dirtiest of all because they did not slip and fall into the muck.
During the clothing change, as we were commenting on the amount of mud (and the laundry we’d be doing the next day) one of my sons did not pop his head out of his room and loudly proclaim, “Mom, look! These USED to be white!” Don’t worry, he was NOT waving his underwear out of his doorway. No way. Not my son.
We are delighted that this family’s children are not begging to come back. We would not want to repeat an experience like that again. (They are not planning on bring 2 extra outfits, just in case…)
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That is too funny! It is well known among our friends and family that if you visit our home, you will get dirty (the children, that is). I always remind my friends to “bring their child’s boots, and don’t wear your good clothes!” They children love playing in the woods and around the creek.
We sometimes put guests to work too!