DIRT TANS > FAKE TANS BY ELLIE BROADY

Getting dirty is fun.

This, coming from a neat freak.

You truly haven't lived until you are so covered in mud the only visible feature is the whites of your eyes. How many people can say they slid down a table of jello while trying to catch jellybeans? I have been so covered in dried paint my skin cracked when I moved. I have eaten countless plates of ice cream without my hands and have gotten flour in my nose to find a penny too many times to count.

I’ve been skunked, had water fights in the kitchen, eaten a worm and countless bugs, gotten stuck in a tree, fallen out of a hammock, gotten a tattoo, jumped off a water slide, snuck onto the roof, thrown up from a milk bomb, lit a lot of things on fire, probably still have sand in my hair, learned my sister can pull a noodle through her nose, and licked a lot of elbows.

Sure it's not always glamorous - but it sure is fun.

Getting dirty makes some great stories.