Today, I made a huge mistake. I decided to give both 4 year old Holly and 2 year old Riley a bath, at the same time, when I was the only one home. Now I know this may not sound like much of a mistake but Riley has a been sick the past few days with a double ear infection. This makes her normal sassiness about twenty times worse than usual. Usually when it comes to bath time, either me, the teen Lexi, or their Aunt Dani bathe them one at a time. When one child is finished, we pass them off to the next person who then dries, diapers, lotions, dresses, and brushes the kid's hair. All depending on which child is it of course. While the first person goes back to bathe the remaining kid. This is a proven system that works. So WTH was I thinking to under take this myself?!
After Riley repeatedly tried to drink the dirty soapy water, climb out, stand on Holly's butt and drown herself, I had had enough! She of course didn't agree. I chased her all over the tub trying to get her washed as she yells at me "NO Mama! I wanna play!" So I finally get her washed and wrapped in a towel. I pull the plug in the tub, turn the shower head on and tell Holly to get her hair washed that I'd be right back. In the time it took me to dry off, diaper, and clothe Riley, plus put her in the bedroom with a movie on and the baby gate across the door, I go back into the bathroom to find the tub about half an inch from overflowing. Holly had plugged the tub back up because she wanted to measure the water! It's safe to say that after all of this, mommy badly needed a time out!
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