Hot Summer Sundays

Sunday I paid a visit to a group home that is classified as a shelter. This home has 13 kids ranging in ages from 1 month to 7th grade. Some of the kids have been there for a while and call it home. Others have just arrived and appear to be in adjustment mode.

I stopped by to drop of some diapers and study workbooks for the kids in the home. I also had the privilege to hold the 1 month old while sitting and talking with a few other kids in the house.
With 13 kids, they were busy. What I learned was that a weekly event happened on Sundays, playing in the water in the back yard or should I say the mud :-). Some of the kids just wanted to get wet while others came and asked permission to get dirty. They slid down the slide into a puddle (or mini lake) of mud and then slide across the yard, which reminded me of good old times playing in the sprinklers during the summer. No pool was needed! Then as they got wet and cold they start coming into the house wanting to get warm, but are told to go warm up in the sun :-) Kids are kids where ever you go.