I had a bit of alone time with my middle daughter. We thought it might be fun to try to make muddy footprints.

Do you want to make shoe prints or do it in bare feet.

Her face lit up

Bare Feet!

In Seattle it rains a lot. Finding soft mud shouldn’t be a problem….

But then it is still only just outside of winter and we still have frosty mornings.

The mud didn’t look much like we would be able to make footprints. We decided to wet it with the hose.

We tried again.

It’s not working.

How about we dig a bit and try to find the clay-like mud?

We found trowels and proceeded to dig.

Let’s add a bit more water now.

We tried again.

Now it’s too wet! It doesn’t work properly.

How about we try to smooth it out and make it flat and then see what happens?

Press your foot in

Look it worked.

We can try again in the Summer or in another bit of mud. Can you wash my foot with the hose?

It’ll be cold

I like it cold.