Bathtime

I don't have any pictures of this, so you'll have to use your imagination.

Since March, we have been bathing the kids in a Rubbermaid tote that is about 18x24 inches and maybe 10 inches deep. We fill the tub with water using our shower and bathe each child in assembly-line fashion-one person undresses and dries and then redresses and the other washes.

This week I've been on my own for bathtime. This makes for a serious three-ring circus that involves three naked kids and then at least one crying kid stuck in bed half naked while the assembly line slowly moves forward. Tonight, in their haste to jump in the tub, no one could wait long enough for his or her turn in the tub. This isn't unusual and has recently resulted in the bathee on deck standing naked in the shower next to the tub waiting.

So tonight, with three kids very ready for baths, the biggest one got in first, only because she can help herself in. #3 was on deck, but practically diving in and #2 was getting himself naked. Somehow this resulted in three kids in a very small tub all at one time, albeit a very brief time. Mind you, #1 can barely fit in the tub without her knees hitting her ear lobes, so you can only imagine how crowded this was. I'm pretty sure only two of them were sitting in the tub and as the third was going in for a seat I was pulling one out so as not to cause any bloodloss or bodily harm, but nonetheless, all three of them were in the same tub at the same time. Yikes!