LIfe with little boys

This afternoon, I told the boys they could go outside for a few minutes until it was time to leave. Mistake #1.

When I called them in to leave, this is what I found...

They were literally covered with muddy, wet sand from head to toe. I guess they felt the need to clean out their sand box from the melted snow. Needless to say, I was rather distressed by the mess when it was time to leave the house.
As I was cleaning them up (or rather hosing them down), Lil J said he had dirt in his mouth. I told him I wasn't surprised. He then asked if I had ever gotten dirt in my mouth when I was a little girl and played in the mud. I told him in a rather disgusted voice, that I had never played in the mud. Mistake #2.

He looked at me rather matter of factly and said, "Well, maybe you need to try it sometime."