My submission for mom of the year. (ok week)

There is a spot in our back yard that is bare. It is a circle about a foot in diameter and a few inches deep. We were outside yesterday and while I was pulling weeds and Sullivan was swinging Beckett and Teague were playing in their water table recently filled by the rain. I hear Beckett telling me that he is going to fill up the the hole with water and then he is going to play in it. I just sort of nod and keep on weeding. Then I hear a splash and turn around to see that Beckett has jumped in to the little whole with his socks and pants on. I tell him to take them off which he proceeds to do and then goes right back to playing in the muddy water. Teague has now seen this and runs over to join his big brother stripping down to nothing on his way over to the hole. I continue my weeding and by the time I am done the boys are covered in mud. So, I tell the boys that I am going to put Sullivan down for his nap and that they are NOT allowed to go into the house till I come back. I put Sully down, start a bath for the boys and grab some towels and the video camera. By the time I get back to the boys they have realized that they can actually reach into the muddy water and grab handfuls of mud to throw at each other. Actually, Beckett has realized that he can do this and is chasing Teague all over the yard and throwing handfuls of mud at him. Teague thinks this is hysterical and keeps running back to his brother yelling "you can't get me". All this much to the amusement of our next door neighbor who has been watching this whole thing. So after shooting a few minutes of video I give the boys a good hosing off and then wrap them off in towels and whisk them off to their bath before putting everyone down for a nap. And, needless to say the little bare spot in the back yard is now a giant hole several feet wide that will need to be filled and re-seeded. Oh well. What is a little yard work in exchange for letting my kids have a little unbridled fun.