I had a very happy, very feral and rural childhood with mud pies, farm animals and outdoor adventures, and really want to give my own kids a taste of that as well, as much as I can over here in suburbia. They love running around the back yard barefoot, sloshing though the nearby stream looking for frogs, playing with chickens and having old school fun. I want them to experience that before they get too cool for old school and bury their faces in technology...how cute is that !! that is so precious, i can just picture it i loved reading that your kids make mud pies, i was just talking about that the other day and remembering back when i used to do that lol