Killing a Fly with a Ukulele: Quicksandpit!

I am the Mum.
If life was a circus, I would be the plate-juggling lady with monkeys on her shoulders who stands on one leg on a horse's back as it canters around the ring.

I am the Writer.
I use too many commas, dashes and dot-dot-dots, and I often start sentences with conjunctions because I like my blog to look the way it sounds in my mind.

I am the Hero.
Life is a bit like a superhero action comic, except that the superheroes are tiny children dressed in super-suits who possess no actual powers, while I just get them food, break up fights and clean their super-suits.

27 December 2009

Quicksandpit!

I stepped into the sandpit to put its cover across further. It had been raining all night.

Argh! It ate my foot! And then my other foot!

Of course, having a Quicksandpit in the backyard was the best Post-Christmas Fun ever!

And the cleanup was great.

11 comments:

Swift Jan said...: How wonderful that you guys have been getting RAIN!!!!! Fantastic fun!! I wanna be a kid again :); 27 December, 2009 16:24
Anonymous said...: Brim over I agree but I think the list inform should prepare more info then it has.; 27 December, 2009 16:47
veiledturnip said...: Good on you for letting your littlies get so dirty for fun! I only hope I'll be that brave when my baby gets to that age! Aaaahhh!!! Great shots!; 27 December, 2009 17:36
Givinya De Elba said...: The comment from "Anonymous" above was so funny I thought I'd leave it there.; 27 December, 2009 19:29
Allegro ma non troppo said...: Great photography. Now you need some more rain to get your fence clean...; 27 December, 2009 19:44
Femina said...: Part of me is saying "wow, that looks fun" and another part is imagining the feel of quicksand in my undies. Eww.; 27 December, 2009 20:56
Jen said...: Well, of course that was some awesome fun!; 28 December, 2009 02:44
Le said...: great pics ! have a wonderful holiday season and see you in 2010 :) le; 28 December, 2009 23:01
Sassy Britches said...: Parent who let their kids do that are the BEST! I remember my parents used to let us slide down the high muddy banks of the creek near our house and into the water over and over and over again. My brother wore a hole in the back of his underwear from sliding so much!; 29 December, 2009 03:48
Alison said...: Oh, that looks like some good muddy fun. Good job documenting it with pictures!; 29 December, 2009 04:11
Hippomanic Jen said...: Good times.; 31 December, 2009 16:53

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27 December 2009

Quicksandpit!

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