Kids and dirt: a natural combination.
Especially MY kid and dirt, it would seem. Perhaps I have become jaded by all the kids in daycare who I saw eat handfuls of sand everyday before anyone could stop them. Probably that is not best.
A few weeks ago, I observed someone far less jaded by dirt than I am. Her little son was playing near the slide, which is surrounded by pea-gravel. (Which is of course a cushiony surface for play areas…) The boy started digging the rocks aside and got down to the ground underneath. The very tips of his fingers were browned by dirt and the mother came over saying “No no! Oh, now look! Now we have to go wash your hands!” And off they went, and he never came back to play.
I wonder what she would say if she saw Silas?
Oh my!!! And what a contrast between his bright, blonde hair and his dirty body!! Well, it looks like he had fun, anyway. :+)
Boys will be boys……………
Love,
Mom