International Mud Day

International Mud Day.  Yes, it really is a thing!  I couldn't sleep last night, and checked out some events that are coming up for my homeschool coop.  I realized (at 2:30 am) that today was international mud day.  One of the metroparks here was having a celebration for it.  I thought.....Isaac would probably love that.  Lets see if I get up and going early enough.  (It was 30 minutes away and started at 10)  Well, I did.  And lets just say that it was MUCH BIGGER than I expected!!!!

 They had a mud slide set up.  What you can't see is that down at the bottom of the slide there were about 5 kids with buckets who were throwing mud onto the slide to ensure the fastest ride, and the messiest.

 Here is what the slide experience turned out to be.  My son that hates getting dirty is covered from head to toe.  (Needless to say he didn't go down the slide again)  Up until this point he didn't want to stick his toes in the mud.  Once he was muddy he enjoyed himself.

 He found some nice boys that brought a bunch of dinosaurs.  He had so much fun with them!  I feel bad for the mom (who I spoke to a lot) of the owner of the dinosaurs because they were feeding them mud.  Their mouths opened and everything!

 Isaac found a vacant bucket and decided to play with the mud and water.

 And here we have the final results.  It looks like he is going to war!

I admit that seeing how big this event was caused some anxiety.  Along with the idea of having to clean him off.  BUT he had a lot of fun, and I know that he won't forget it.  Plus, it was good to see my little boy that hates getting dirty....getting dirty.  Sometimes kids just need to play in the dirt and see what they can find.