Own the bad ideas

We got over 13" of snow on Monday. On Tuesday, you got home from school and came inside covered to the knees in snow. Your hands were red, wet and ice cold. You had snow on your front. It was ridiculous. 

Me:"What happened?"

C:"I tried to get the mail the stupid way."

Me:"Which was?"

C:"I went from the back instead of from the street. Ryanne had to dig me out."

Normally, we would have a talk about how it wasn't necessarily stupid especially if you learned something, but I could only laugh and nod my head at that point. Thankfully, you were laughing, too.