bath time!

Just recently (as in the past month or so) we have been able to bathe the kiddos at the same time...

in the same tub...

saving time and energy...

and what's left of Mama's ever-so-elusive sanity.

Bath time has always been enjoyable.

Now it it double the pleasure, double the fun...

Rigg LOVES the water. He could stay in the bath for hours getting his fingers and pigs (or toes as most would call them) all wrinkly and prune-y. He makes his boats go on tours and sinks them. He puts the letters and numbers on the walls and sings his ABC's and counts (most of the time in the right order... or at least some of the time). He names his body parts when we soap him down. Rigg is a tame bather.

Ryder lives his whole life wildly... including bath time. He splashes always, crawls all over, and chews on everything in reach. He takes up 87.4% of the tub leaving Rigg a small space in which to play. Rigg never complains... So Ryder continues to expand his territory until a strong parental figure moves him back to "his side" giving his brother room to breathe.

and by the end of bath time not only are the children wet from head to toe... but Mama and Daddy are too... and the floor... possibly the dog.

But Clean! Everyone is clean and smells of that warm, cozy baby smell...

For at least 5 minutes.

They are boys, remember!