Rain rain muddy puddle again!!

Rain after a hot sunny day is such a relief. The fragrant smell of the mud when the earth cools down and the pleasant weather bring up childhood memories. The cloudy sky and the quiet, the quiet before the thunderstorm and then the torrential rain accompanied by the roaring thunder. The electricity would be gone and we used to huddle up in a blanket. Later on when it stopped raining we used to sail paper boats in the collected rainwater.
So yesterday it rained here after a hot summer day. My daughter is scared of thunder, but after it stopped raining she wanted to go and play in the muddy puddles. So after many attempts of dissuading her from playing out she finally went to play. In the courtyard there was  a big muddy puddle created by the rainwater and she started walking and splashing happily in that.

 Me - "Its dirty water don't play in that."

My daughter splashing happily without notice and then she jumped in it splashing muddy water all over.

Me (shouting) - "Don't do that, its dirty water!!"

Daughter (coolly) - "Mom its only mud!!!"

Well what can I say further she was actually right it was only mud and it definitely could be washed away.

I watched her splash and happily in the muddy puddle and then she was saying.

Daughter - "It is the best muddy puddle ever!!"


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