Dirty Girl

So here's a little song we sing to our kids, an adaptation of Grandma Dickson's cub leader days:

"Dirty Bill (we insert 'girl'), dirty girl,

lives on top of a garbage hill,

never takes a bath and never will,

eeww, pewww, dirty girl"

Our kids have loved singing it and also, coincidentally, love getting dirty! (thanks to friends Lisa and Rebecca, we learned early on that it was okay, in fact, necessary, for kids to have a little mess in life!)  No Kelly child has perfected the art of getting dirty better than our dear sweet Lauren.  Today we have had lots of rain.  During a break in the clouds we went to the school playground to run a bit.  While there, and playing with friends, all the kids were in the field running around.  I was being a good mom, keeping an eye on my kids, and saw that the girls were sitting on the grass.  What I didn't notice until it was too late, was that they were sitting in a HUGE mud puddle.  By that time, the damage was done, clothes would need to be washed anyway, so I let them have fun.  And this is the result...

Now, you'll notice that one child is slightly less muddy than the other.  When I inquired to Maren about this, she informed me that "Buddha put mud on me, so I put mud on her...."

Is this the face of an innocent victim - I think not!!!

It really was quite a funny sight to see, and it only took about four shampoo treatments to get 'most' of the dirt and mud out of Lauren's hair.  But dang it, I don't remember the last time I laughed so hard.  It was quite a show.  I guess you're only 2 once right?!?!