BATH TIME!!!

So, this morning I realized that we were going to the ward Christmas party, and Karyl hadn't had a bath in a few days....and her hair looked like it!! So, I decided that there was no way I was taking her to the party without being cleaned off, and with that, I was on a mission this morning.

We got up, ate breakfast, and then I struck. I told her we needed to take a bath and I let her look at it for a minute and we talked about it. She seemed ok with it, but I allowed for some resistance...I let her watch cartoons while I filled it up because it's really noisy when it's filling up and that seemed to scare her. So, the tub was filled a few inches, the toys were in and now it was go time. I brought her in and she started whining. I explained to her that she was going to take a bath either way and took her to pick a cup to play with. She picked a Spongebob cup and we headed back. She reached in and touched the warm water and suddenly it was like the light went on "this is just like my other bathtub at Grandpa's..."...

So I took her clothes off, diaper and put her in...no whining, no fighting. We played with the foam letters and stuck them to the walls, we threw the Spongebob squish balls Greg had put in there, and then we got clean!! She said she had fun and actually didn't want to get out...so we spent about 5 minutes putting all her letters back in the bag while singing the clean up song from Primary. We then watched the water drain, bundled up in a big towel and now she's watching cartoons and I'm back to work.

I've attached a few pictures for your enjoyment...I also attached some pictures of her helping me make peppermint bark last night and pictures of her with Greg's Goofy Ears Santa hat that he gave her to play with while he "babysat" last night and I went to the Relief Society Gift Exchange (which was a wonderful treat!).

Hopefully this can become part of our bedtime routine....but I'm happy that she'll get in now without a fight...I'll take that for now!

I know you probably can't tell, but her hair was so messy!! It needed a good washing!!

This is something I never thought I'd see...a HAPPY baby in the big bathtub!!

Greg and Karyl came in the house last night from the garage with these on...I couldn't help but laugh..and then grab the camera!!

I am learning to let her help in any way possible, even if it means slowing down my progress a little...I don't think she crushed a single peppermint, but she sure had fun trying!!