Last night at bath time, Thomas demanded a tub to himself. He opted for the ‘Extra Room Bath’, leaving Caroline alone to blissfully soak and splash and play by herself in the large tub in the master bath. I find humor in the fact that this arrangement meant that there was NOBODY in the kid’s bathroom. It’s an appropriate illustration of how the kiddos run the show, right? They have taken over our lives!! And Ben’s large tub…
Anyway, Caroline decided to go all out with the toys last night. Perhaps it was because she had extra room without Thomas demanding space? Bath time is one of my favorite times of the day. Caroline is as happy as a clam in the tub, and I can take advantage of the ‘free’ time a bit by folding laundry on our bed while I listen to her chatter away at the toys. Last night she was exceptionally adorable, and completely surrounded with rubber duckies and an assortment of other water toys. She kept repeating, “Three-two-one… Jump!” and I discovered that she had lined up all the ducks along the edge of the tub and was having them jump into the water one by one. Ok, maybe it was cuter than it sounds. What pushed me over the edge was her sweet words of encouragement and congratulations to the ducks…
“You can do it! I know you can!”
“Ooooh! Good jump!”
“Come on little guy, jump!”
“Biiiiiig jumps!”
“Wow! What a good big jumper!”
“Great job guys!”
“You did good big jumps like Mommy!”
“What good jumpers you are!”
She makes me ridiculously happy. Like heart swelling, tears welling up, want to squeeze her sooooooo tight, happy.
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She is so dang cute. I love how encouraging she is.
Squeeze her till she squeaks?
August 2nd, 2010
Things she learned at swimming lessons?
I don’t understand how you parents of “big kids” let them get so big. How did you not squeeze them forever to keep them itty bitties?
She’s pretty cute!
August 2nd, 2010
**heart melts**
Ava has given up baths for showers. Which we do together every night. It’s a fun time.
August 4th, 2010
That’s totally adorable. I love that you appreciate and adore your kids so much. Doesn’t hurt that they’re so darned adorable.
August 13th, 2010
She is such a sweetheart! She may be remembering 4th of July, from what I hear, lots of cousins were getting words of encouragement to jump in the pool.
August 27th, 2010
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