Dirt & Raspberries

Earlier this summer we had a large load of dirt delivered to our property. We told the children to stay away from it, and they have, but this past Saturday we relaxed our policy and the twins took advantage of our good nature. At first they offered to scoop up the extra dirt near the pile and add it to the pile. That was good. But after a half hour or so, they moved half way up the dirt pile and started just playing in the dirt.




As we would expect, Viva got a lot dirtier than Jake and she stayed playing in the dirt a lot longer. Her jeans are pretty much ruined. However, she had a good time.

We coaxed them off the dirt pile (for a while) with an offer of raspberries. They love to pick and eat raspberries.



They had a good afternoon outside. We adults got a few perennials planted and a few wheelbarrows of dirt transferred to the back. There's a lot more work to do.