Puddles, puddles everywhere and not a drop to drink! Or something along those lines!
Our daily walk to and from school involves me thinking, ‘I have the same conversation every morning about avoiding the puddles and I would have thought by now that the boys have understood this instruction.’
I would imagine the boys thought process on their walk to and from school is the same which is ‘oooh! Puddle! I am sure I can make it over that one today…it looks a big bigger than the last time I jumped over it but I’ll give it a go!’
Different points of view ring a bell? My honest thought process is that on the way to school I would like them to avoid said puddles and on the way home I am not bothered that much if we are going straight home. There is no time like the present and if they want to jump about and experiment with various Physics forces and not realise it – well then all the more the merrier.
There’s nothing that a warm bath, hot chocolate and the good ol’ washing machine that can’t fix the mud and cold (even when you are in your school uniform!). Clothes will come and go but memories last forever!
There’s something about puddles that children love!
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and there’s something about children playing in puddles that I love too! x
I love your reasoning on puddle play – much like mine. Great action shot and I bet they were overjoyed that they were allowed to get wet and messy in their school uniforms. Thanks for linking up and sharing their fun with Country Kids.
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Thanks Fiona! They had to decamp at the front door and were in the bath/shower before they knew it but had fun. x
oh my i absolutely love this!! and the picture is amazing!! you really cant beat puddles!
thanks for linking up with #MagicMoments xx
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Love this picture too! Thanks and the only puddles that are out of bounds are the frozen ones! x
What a lovely post and I just love that photo, just brilliant! Hope you had a lovely weekend ๐
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Thanks Charly! We had a lovely weekend and hope you guys did too ๐ x
Spent formative years avoiding puddles (health issues), but Boy making up for it now! Could try reverse psychology…..but with warm baths and hot chocolate afterwards can definitely see their appeal (and not adverse to jumping in them myself).
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Glad Boy is making up for all those puddles that missed your toes Sarah x
Fantastic photo! Like how you’ve thought out a puddle process there, too ๐
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haha! Thanks Jo! It’s taken a while to get the process haha! x
I love it and even at the age of 34..I still love puddles!
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My goodness…only 17×2! Never too young to love puddles ๐ x
Ah, so true ๐
Great pic.
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Thanks for having me over Karen – a little late to the party sorry! x
That is such a great photo – well caught!
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Thanks Mary! Thank goodness for phone cameras I say! x
So very true, I am much more relaxed on the way home too! What a great ‘action’ photo you have managed to capture.
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That is an awesome puddle jumping photo! Brilliant ๐
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Thanks Sara – I love it too and he puts everything into making the biggest splash! x
Yep, little kids love puddles, even when they fall over in them! I blame Peppa!
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Yes, we’ll blame Peppa although haven’t seen her much in our house thankfully! Now Thomas on the other hand…has a lot to answer for! x
We love puddles and living in the countryside we have lots! At least I don’t have to worry about them on the way to school though!
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The other reason we have to avoid puddles on the way to school is the busses, horses, cars and tractors…they seem to love splashing us as they don’t appear to ‘see’ the puddles! x
You good mum for letting them do that on the way home! I couldn’t agree more about the washing machine, in fact we have a phrase in our house; clothes in the wash and me in the bath!
Popping over from Country Kids.
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Ha! That’s an epic puddle jump!
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