Dream day: Kids frolick in muddy goo

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Mud Day promised good clean dirty fun

Don't ask us why, but the good folks of Wayne County, Mich., annually celebrate Mud Day, which includes a volleyball contest. Tuesday brought all kinds of mud mayhem.

Steven Cook, 5, lets it fly Tuesday. A Web site promised parents, "WE PROMISE TO DO THIS JUST ONCE PER YEAR!!"

Noah Baekelandt, 9, of Westland, Mich., is crowned Mr. Mud 2008. No surprise here: Mud Day occurs rain or shine.

Isabelle Stupar, 7, of Livonia, Mich., enjoys her play in the mud. The annual event allows children one day to get dirty with permission.

There were games and relays aplenty for the kids.

Madeline Cook, left, Cassidy Collins and Steven Cook are photographed by Stacey Cook.

Children are hosed down by a Westland, Mich., pumper truck after playing in the mud.

County workers mixed several tons of topsoil and thousands of gallons of water to create a wallow the equivalent of about one-third of a football field in length.

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Don't ask us why, but the good folks of Wayne County, Mich., annually celebrate Mud Day, which includes a volleyball contest. Tuesday brought all kinds of mud mayhem.

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