I can't believe I let them....

...play in irrigation water. If you are not from Arizona you may not know what irrigation is so let me explain and then you can be grossed out with me. Several homes, schools, ball fields, etc... use a watering system called irrigation. Basically, reclaimed water is flooded into the grassy area a few times a month and that is how the grass gets watered. We back up to a school yard/ball field so every few weeks in the summer months the fields get flooded with this disgusting water. It smells, it attracts the mosquitoes, and it's just plain gross. However, you would be amazed how many kids play in the water. I've even seen them bring body boards to play in it. I'm disgusted each time I see it therefore I have never let my kids participate in this activity, until yesterday. I don't know what got into me but I caved. It started with Camden and Anna asking to go to the field so they could put Camden's blow dart gun to the test and see if they could hit a bird. Birds love to bathe in the irrigation water so I said they could go out there thinking that they would not step foot in the water, just stand on the sidelines. 5 minutes later they came back with wet shoes, and soaked up to their knees. I started to get mad and then I thought, you know what just go have fun, get wet, but don't get ANY of the water near your head or face. They looked at me like I was the coolest mom ever, I sort of liked that, and off they went. They spent the next hour playing, laughing, and having a blast. I only snapped pictures before they got totally drenched so these ones don't give you the full effect of what they actually looked like when they were done. They were wet from the top of their shoulders down. When they were all done, they had to be sprayed off with the hose while wearing their birthday suites and that brought on even more giggles, it was done in the privacy of our back yard. I'm glad I said yes, they sure had a lot of fun! However, the first question this morning out of Anna's mouth was, "when do we get to do that again?" I'm in trouble now.

Heading towards the water to find some birds.

 YUCK! I had to get my feet wet just to take a few pictures.

This picture doesn't fit in with this post but it cracks me up. Whenver something is placed on Pepper's back like a sock, a blanket, a dish towel, Pepper becomes a statue. I'm sure it's totally out of fear because Pepper is a fearful dog and a big baby! Since he doesn't know what to do when something is on his back, he just freezes. I can't bring myself to time him to see how long he would freeze for but I have a feeling he would probably hold this stance for quite some time. He won't move until the object is removed from his back. So Anna put her blanket on him and he froze in time, just like this. Such a silly dog.