"Drugging" and "Full of Nature"

Lincoln made Matt a fantastic card for his birthday. A few weeks ago, we had read in the children's version of the Doctrine and Covenants how the Word of Wisdom had come about. Lincoln, I think, was pretty floored by the idea that the men in the School of the Prophets drank and smoked. We haven't really discussed it since we read that with them. Then out of no where, he decides that he is going to make a "game" for Matt on the birthday card. I about died of laughter when I read what he came up with. Happy Birthday, Matt!!

This last Sunday, it rained a lot of the morning. It stopped for a while in the afternoon. We were feeling cooped up, so we decided to go for a nature walk at one of our parks nearby. On the way over, Bennett asked for some clarification on what nature is. We went through a list and tried to determine which things were considered nature and which things weren't. After quizzing me, and me quizzing him, Bennett felt like he had a pretty good grasp on what nature meant. 

As we walked along on some dirt trails next to a bayou, the boys found great joy in sloshing around in some fantastic and rather large mud puddles. I purposely had them put on their old, gross shoes in anticipation of the likely encounter we'd have with some mud, so I just let them go for it. Pure bliss. More fun than Disney World. Bennett couldn't get over the tooty noises the mud made as he squeezed his feet in and out of the puddle. Eldon had a little fall, which resulted in a muddy bum. Later, he had to be carried on Matt's back. Matt enjoyed that (insert sarcastic tone). As we headed back, Bennett was a little ahead of us on the trail. He turned around and proudly announced, "Hey Mom!!! My shoes are full of nature!!". So true, they definitely were full of nature, and my heart was full of happiness. These kids crack me up. You just never know what they'll pull out of their sleeves!!