Toddlers enjoying a rainy day will never not be cute, and sometimes, even their own parents can’t resist their adorableness. Case in point: Olivia Munn. She recently shared a cute new video of her 3-year-old son Malcolm splashing in a puddle — despite not following her instructions beforehand — and our hearts are a puddle seeing all the cuteness!
The Hit-Monkey star shared a picture and a video of her rainy walk in New York with her toddler, who she shares with husband John Mulaney. The first pictures was taken on the sidewalk, where Munn smiles under a black umbrella, dressed in a cozy black puffer jacket and jeans. She holds Malcolm’s wrist in the picture, as he is soaked from his curly brown hair to his blue sneakers. The yellow-striped shirt and green pants are covered in water, as he has no umbrella over him. It turns out, this was by his choice.
“It rained in NY yesterday and I got a chance to find out that I’m the kind of mom who allows splashing even after he refused to wear a coat ????” Munn captioned the post. Amazing! And once you see the video, you’ll know why she couldn’t resist.
In Slide 2, Malcolm bends down to jump and splash in a deep puddle, then figures out he can get more wet by moving side to side like he’s running in place. He may have to go straight to the bath when he gets home, but it’s so worth it to see this little cutie living his best life!
In the comments, fellow toddler parent Drew Scott commented, “????❤️ I am definitely NOT that kind of mom ????” Ha! That’s OK too — embracing the chaos and mess of a rainy day (without rain gear!) is not for every parent.
Jeannie Mai, also the mom of a toddler, had a different viewpoint. “Aw I love how adventurous he is Gooo Malcolm????????” she wrote.
Someone else commented, “There’s some battles that are not worth fighting and splashes might be up there ????????????” “So cute. The entire world is an adventure,” another wrote.
“Thanks Malcolm, for reminding us adults to play in the puddles of life. We can get dry later! ❤️” a different commenter wrote.
The Newsroom alum is also mom to baby Méi, who turns 3 months old tomorrow. Last year, she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bilateral breast cancer and has had several surgeries since, including a double mastectomy and hysterectomy. In an interview with TODAY in October, Munn got vulnerable about the exhaustion and mom guilt that came with treatment.
“There is a lot of guilt that I had and still have from being sick for so long and being bedridden with so many surgeries,” she said. “I mean, I thought when I got through the big hunk of surgeries, like the four surgeries in the beginning, that I would be able to get back on my feet. But then there came the first wave of medication and that just knocked me down and it was debilitating. And I found that I was just tired and not around as much and I couldn’t hold them as much and I couldn’t go to the playground as much. And it was really exhausting. And there’s just a lot of guilt.”
Munn added, “But I work with my oncologist a lot to try to figure out what I can do. We’re just such a little family, we’re really tight and we have a lot of fun and we laugh all the time. And John is just the most amazing husband and father, and so we figure out a way to make it all work despite how tired I can be at times.”
And sometimes that means stopping and splashing in the puddles!
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