Mom and I spent yesterday trading off between watching boys and excavating from the old house. While I was over at the old house there was a serious but brief rainstorm with some marble sized hail mixed in. I got to drive through some good sized puddles and one section of road in the neighborhood near the pond with about 3 cm of water on it.
After I finished unloading and Mom was on her way back to the dig, the boys and I hung around in the house for a bit. Despite the fact that there are now two computers for two boys, there was some contention because we only have one CD which can’t be copied for some of the games. So to distract them I took Charles outside. We played in the driveway for a bit and then I suggested that we go stomp in puddles. The dead end next to the house had a lot of water on it. The far end of it was completely underwater and some parts where 5 or 6 cm deep. So I sent Charles out to stomp about. He was not particularly enthusiastic until he persuaded me to take off my shoes and socks and join him. Then he was able to have fun.
I showed Charles how to swing a foot and kick a big spray of water across the puddle but Charles didn’t have quite enough coordination to do it himself. He’d end up just stomping instead of kicking up a spray but it was sufficient to get him soaked.
Later I managed to get Corwin to come out and play as well. We chased each other through the puddles until Corwin fell down and got wet. At that point he immediately wanted a bath. I managed to persuade him that he could be dirty for a little while because Charles was still having fun in the water.
Eventually we went back in and for the first time I actually used the multiple bathrooms that we’ve had in houses for years. I got Corwin set up with a shower in one and Charles with a bath. I had to scurry back and forth to adjust water temperature, get soap and shampoo, provide towels, etc. But eventually we had too non-filthy boys (although Mom did comment on the debris Charles left in the bath).