The kids rarely ask if they can go in my bath tub for a bath because the answer is usually no. The amount of work it takes to make sure that they don't get water everywhere, which they always do anyways, usually takes more energy than I have at the end of the day. But Noelle had a friend over last night and I thought it would be fun for them to have a bath in my tub. Then it's fun and not a chore, for Noelle anyways. The other kids will take a bath anytime, anywhere. She brought her CD player into my bathroom and played some music. They stayed in there for an hour until I pulled them out wrinkled as two little raisins. They had a great time. Bergen and Emma, of course, asked when it was their turn, so I let them bathe in my bathroom tonight. As I watched and listened to them giggle with delight, I wondered why I didn't let them do it more often and then I remembered. Unlike Mia and Noelle who actually got very little water outside the tub, Emma and Bergen didn't have as much success, but they had just as much fun.
