Lately, when I get home from work, if it is Jared's bath night I give him a bath while Autumn trains for the 10k we will be running at the end of July. I always recruit Gracie to help me, since she loves it and it is a good way to keep an eye on her. We put Jared's bath on the kitchen counter next to the sink and Gracie stands on a chair in front of the sink. The scene usually plays out something like this...
Me: Gracie, do not touch anything in the sink please. It is all dirty.
Gracie: I want to do an important job.
Me: Ok, you can wash the top of Jared's head. (I hand her the wash cloth)
Gracie: There ya go lil' buddy. (She dunks the wash cloth in the water and dumps it on his head and face - leaving it there)
Me: Gracie, you can't just plop it on his head and leave it there. (I take the wash cloth back)
Me: Gracie, do not touch the stuff in the sink - do you need to get down?
Gracie: I don't want to get down. (whine, sniff)
Me: Better get these toes clean, huh buddy. (I wash Jared's toes)
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Me: Gracie, NO NO NO. That is for the dishes! (I grab the dish sponge/brush out of Gracie's hand preventing her from continuing to scrub the top of Jared's head with it)
We are lucky that Jared is such a good sport.
4 comments:
Anyone interested in a 'LETS NOT DROWNED JARED CONTEST"? Sounds like he's in deep water. love
I love it. It's just like our bath time for Ben. "Max, don't pour that water over Ben -- NO, DON'T POUR THAT!"
Our sink is NOT dirty....maybe...
ha ha ha, i love it!! i also love autumns comment to it! there are always pros and cons to having kids close and far apart i guess....i never had to deal with that! wahoo! on the other hand, when i came home from grocery shopping, i was holding some bags and 4 gallons of milk while trying to get my kids to go up three flights of stairs and got so frustrated! dont run into the street! dont touch those ppls bikes! go up the stairs! come home! yay i love parenthood! sorry...ask jazzy and auty i go on for house on my comments. sorry!
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