Oh, the things they do for money...

Today was a crazy day for the weather. It was warm then cold, calm then windy, sunny then rainy. It literally did these weather flips all day. At one point in time the rain was coming down in sheets. It was insane. Gerben and the girls were standing on the front porch watching it when Gerben got the bright idea to bribe Emma into running out into the rain for a dollar. Emma is all about money right now, so she took him up on the offer.

Then he offered her more money if she would stand out in the rain for 10 seconds, so once again she took him up on the offer. This girl is itching for more money. After a few trips out into the rain, to earn more money, she discovered the puddles.

And as always around here, one can't have all the fun. Pretty soon, Natalia was in on the action.

Although, I am pretty sure that she didn't realize the consequences because she wasn't thrilled when she realized she was soaked.

After Emma had filled her shoes with yucky, muddy water it was back out to the puddles to try this goofiness barefoot.

First, she takes a few tentative steps near the puddles

Then we have to stand in the puddle and decide if we are brave enough to actually jump in it with no shoes on.

And finally, we jump!

And look, these dirty little feet survived! With nail polish still intact! :)

And a smile to prove that she actually had fun and managed to wiggle $1.75 out of a very surprised Daddy, in the process.

Hmm, come to think of it, we probably should have made sure she had a bath before she went to bed tonight. Oops!