Braxton & Emily: Spring Break

This might be the highlight of Spring Break for these two:)
They and Caden (two years) had a BLAST playing in mud from freshly tilled land.
As soon as they came in, we got trash bags out and made them wait until the shower water was running.

Braxton and Caden had theirs in the shower and got washed, scrubbed and rinsed from me and Emily had the same done by her mama in the kitchen sink. It took some time to get heads washed, bodies washed, bodies rinsed from head to feet, bodies and hair dried, and everyone dressed but they had natural fun in the fresh air and sunshine.
I rinsed all their clothes in cold water and rubbed somewhat clean with a bar of Ivory soap before throwing in the washer. I figured that even with some staining ... we can have play clothes ready for the next messy day!

New Maturity

Little Red Chief has been silently surprising us lately.
I keep catching him being quite the gentleman with his niece, E. Skye maiden.
It is always funny to consider him her uncle when they are only three years apart.

Today, they played outside in the sand box, at the swing set, and through the yard with one of our whacky beagles.

When they came in to get a drink of water, L.R.C. was carrying miss maiden's shoes. For such a boy as this... a touching thing it was to see.

Since then, he has encouraged her to drink more water since it was hot outside, told her she looked "real pretty" when she got dressed after a shower and opened all the new play dough containers for her.

His heart is bigger than his rough exterior sometimes lets people see!