Messy Messy

I just came across a quote that reads, "Boy are 90% mischief, 10% dirt". I must say I'm starting to agree with that. Although "10% mess" would probably be a bit more accurate, at least from our experience. Luke is definitely more mischievous these days - getting into everything and anything and leaving a wake of destruction behind...toys, books, Tupperware, clothes, etc.. For such a small person Luke can create quite the mess! On top of it all, Luke is now eating table foods which, while freeing and somewhat entertaining at dinner time, is good and messy.

"No pictures please!"

"Mmmmm. Lasagna"

We have been venturing outside more and more now that the rain has stopped and the days are just, oh so lovely. Luke really loves being outside. He'll be whiny and acting crabby but once we step out onto the back patio.. Presto Change-O! A whole new Luke!

I bring out some of his more 'outdoorsy' toys for him to play with. But, alas, he would much rather sample the buffet of rocks and dirt that are in abundance in our back yard. (hence the 10% dirt reference)

Don't worry, he didn't spoil his appetite too much.

On the move from one dirt pile to another

A few weeks ago we got absolutely DUMPED on with rain! I'm not exaggerating when I say it started raining Monday morning and didn't stop until Friday night. And it didn't just drizzle either. We're talking full on sheets of water falling from the sky. Coming from the Midwest, I love the rain. There are times, living in CA, when I miss rainy days and thunder storms. That said, this weather got really old, really fast. (especially when it came to driving in it - ugh). On Friday morning Matt was going to bring our trash barrels to the curb when we realized we had a mini mud slide in our yard. lovely.

This picture doesn't really do it justice, but it's the best I could do. You can see the little canyon in the hill where the dirt used to be.

Another angle of all the lovely mud.

That's going to be a weekend project for another weekend. Until then we have our work cut out for us keeping Luke from the mother of all mud puddles and that's challenging enough. :)