Good Clean Fun!

Time for some good clean fun! One of my favorite parts of the day is bath time. It is always a good bonding time for myself and the kids. Instead of a chore, we make sure bath time is full of fun and playfulness...just not too much splashing although when the floor gets wet, it forces me to wipe it up which is probably a good thing, right!?

I am going to share a few of my favorite bath time pictures of both kids, but I realized I had some pretty funny ones of Audrey from the end of August that I just have to share also. I will do that in another post since my brother said my posts sometimes get too long. Well, phooey on him!

This first pic was taken when Audrey turned 9 months. Since I usually do the dishes after I get Audrey to bed, she rarely ever gets to take a sink bath. I guess I must have been ambitious this particular evening!

Isn't she a little Dumplin'?

Then, there is my little man who loves to pretend to "shave" while in the tub. We make funny soap foam faces and he "shaves" them off. Here is the most recent one. Maybe some time I will share some other faces we have created.

Grant also often tends to annoy his little sister in the tub...and everywhere else for that matter. He always has to be touching, poking, squeezing, stealing her toys, nuk, etc and as you can see by her face, she is not happy with him! She will do whatever it takes to protect her coveted squirty stars!

But how could she be mad at a face like this?

I think he just got yelled at for splashing his sister in the face in this picture. Can you see the little shyster (never tried to spell that before) coming out in him?

And then there is little Tootie's obsession with sticking out her tongue. This weekend my sister-in-law suggested that I dress her up as Gene Simmons from Kiss for Halloween. Tempting, but I think she will make a better lamb.

And isn't this picture of Grant cool? He was laying back in the water and I just happened to get this shot of him spitting the water straight up.


I also love this next sequence of pics of Audrey. She had just discovered the faucet this day and was fascinated with the water coming out. The pictures can probably tell the story of how this went better than I...

And then after every bath, I wrap Audrey up in her froggy towel and she scrambles to get her hands unwrapped so that she can wave to the "baby" in the mirror. It is actually really cute and I am going to miss when she stops wanting to do that.

And it wouldn't be a complete bath time without a tandem mini 4-wheeler ride around the living room before it is time to put on the jimmer jammers!

Speaking of jimmer jammers...I better hit the hay. Duke is gone elk hunting so I am flying solo and it is a big change for me to have to get up extra early to get the kids up, ready and off to daycare. I guess I am kind of spoiled because Duke always gets that leg of the race. What a saint he is! Wouldn't trade him for the world.