Mud Pies and Mayhem

It was an odd Wednesday here at my house. First, I woke up to see much welcomed rain falling outside. It's not very often we get rain in June here in Northern California. The next thing I noticed was it was so quiet in my house. This is the first week of summer break so you would expect wild, loud, boy filled madness going on. My oldest is visiting family out of state for the next few weeks. My two middle boys are also visiting family but just for a night. So it was only my youngest son and myself home today. My youngest is not at all used to his brothers not around to play with so I could tell he was a little bored and sad without them.

He was such a good kid letting me finish up editing a photo session I needed to do.  I decided we should head outside for some fun once all the work was done inside. He's all boy and loves getting to play with tractors and dirt! I thought it would be fun to add a little more mess to that mix and make some mud pies. What kid doesn't love to make mud pies, right?! This little guy sure loved it.

I think his favorite part was making the mud.

I'm honestly not too sure how he managed to not get completely covered in mud. As you can see he stayed pretty clean here. Just a few mud speckles here and there. Making mud pies is serious business apparently. :) 

I think this little activity was a great success and by the happiness seen in these sweet little eyes I think it cheered him up and distracted him from missing his big brothers. 

I'm fairly certain the rest of summer vacation will not be so quiet around here and I'm really looking forward to what our next summer fun activity will be. What are some fun activities you like to do with your kids during the summer?