Sunday, March 1, 2009

Mud Puddles

When I see a mud puddle I step around it. I see muddy shoes and dirty carpets.
My kids sit in it. They see dams to build, rivers to cross, and worms to play with.

I wonder if we are given kids to teach or to learn from? No wonder God loves the little children! Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

~Author Unknown~



With five kids I had a gazillion messy pictures to choose from, but with mud covering Ellie from head to toe "messy" seemed like an understatement for this picture.

Be sure to go check I ♥ Faces for lots more messy photos this week.

39 comments:

  1. That picture of Ellie is awesome! I love it!

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  2. You gotta love the mud, very cute :)

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  3. I love that she has a pretty floral dress on yet is totally relishing the mud! What a gal!

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  4. More mud?? That's all I've seen so far! But this is a great one, especially with the big clumps of it in her hair!

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  5. You can see she LOVES the mud, great shot for this week's theme!!

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  6. Oh no, I love this mess! It's so incongruous: beautiful blonde angel, gooey brown mud! Great entry, especially with the quote you used to introduce it!

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  7. Yummy-nothing better than mud pies when you are three years old.

    Great shot!

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  8. I love the quote you chose to pair with that delightfully muddy, darling little girl!

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  9. Oh my! Looks like a long bath waiting to happen :) What a great fun shot to catch!

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  10. Who doesn't have fun in the mud? LOL Love how it's also in her hair.

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  11. Yumm! I remember the days when I used to do that!

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  12. Classic! I love it! What's so great about this picture is that she looks so angelic....and messy at the same time!

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  13. Wow. That's a lot of mud! I can't believe you had a million pictures to choose from. I had to scrounge around for hours.

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  14. Oh my, now THAT'S messy! Great capture!

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  15. There's just something about little people and mud... very sweet!

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  16. This is a beautiful shot! I love how soft all the colors are.

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  17. nice, love the big chunk in her hair!!

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  18. haha wow the mud in the hair cracks me up :-) great shot!

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  19. The mud almost matches her dress!

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  20. What an amazing picture...but, ewww. : )

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  21. WOW this is precious, love how it's dripping from her hair and everything, clean up must have been fun!

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  22. Now that is messy! Great picture!

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  23. Oh my that is messy! I love how the mud is clinging to her hair - great shot!

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  24. I would totally freak out!! Thanks for the reminder poem. love the picture of Ellie!!

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  25. Holy mess! Loving the chunks of mud in her hair. I bet that was fun to wash out. Great picture!

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  26. Playing in the mud is the best! :)

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  27. I love this messy picture and the quote you put with it!

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  28. How much fun did she have! Great picture :)

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  29. glen -

    Ellie is sure a cute mud princess!!!

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  30. I need to find me a mud puddle like that one.

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  31. that is just awesome! bet her skin and hair never looked better, mud does some amazing things. :)

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  32. So cute! Love that you just let her play & grabbed the camera!

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  33. Love it. And 36 comments on this post? Look at you go.

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  34. Great picture! It looks like fun to me....

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  35. Boys are magnetically attracted to mud! It's gotta be it. ;)

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