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I've mentioned before that we live on 3/4 of an acre. On our property we have 2 good climbing trees, a big ol' swing set, a wood fort, a huge sandbox,a basketball hoop, tons of grass, lots of good regular dirt, a pile of old bricks crawling with spiders, a shed, a hay barn, and a big driveway for bike riding. Plenty of good places for kids to play.

Why is it then that the other morning when I sent Brick and Houdini out to play, they decided that the cow trough would be the best play option? The cow trough that is filled with icy water, mud and lots of old cow poop. Yes, our cows were so intelligent they would drink the water and then turn around and poop in it. The boys decided that splashing around in _cow poop wat_er was much more fun than any of the above options.

I decided, upon inspection that I didn't really like the cow poop water covered little boys and insisted on a warm bath with lots of soap. Fortunately, they like splashing in bath water almost as much as cow poop water.

In the end we were all happy.