Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Don't you love when your kids are so dirty from outside play that you just have to bring them straight to the bathtub, clothing and all? This picture doesn't do justice to how absolutely filthy Michael got at the playground this afternoon. (A lot of his filth got rubbed off on my shirt as I carried him, unfortunately.) He and his sister were rolling in, crawling through, throwing, and eating as much dirt as they could. Katie, the "demure" one, was throwing so much dirt into the air that I literally had to comb out the tangled sticks and leaves from her hair during the bath. I can't even begin to describe the water post-bath.... Oh well, they were in kid heaven anyway.