Bath Time

We are fortunate that both of our girl like baths.  I hear horror stories from friends whose children fight baths and scream the entire time they're in the tub.  Juliet has loved baths from the time she was a tiny baby and has only screamed through baths as a side effect of something else that had upset her toddler world.  Anna appears to be much like her older sister when it comes to bath time.  She happily kicks and waves her arms and has never given any indication that she didn't enjoy the bath tub.

Last week, Anna had an accident that warranted a bath first thing in the morning.  So I started running the water, and Juliet came tearing into the bathroom to help.  She likes to stand next to me as I bathe Anna, lean into the tub, and splash as much water around as possible.  I got Anna into her seat and began bathing her when I noticed Juliet was not splashing.  Instead, she was trying her best to get undressed.  I asked her what she was doing, and she said, "Bath time."  Since I didn't feel like dealing with a meltdown and because an extra bath never hurt anyone, I decided to let her join Anna in the tub.  I stripped her down and plopped her in the tub next to her sister, and Juliet promptly began naming all of the body parts she knows.  ("Baby head.  Baby toes.  Baby knee.  Baby eyes.  Baby ear.  Baby nose."  And so on and so on.)  She likes to touch the body parts as she names them, so in an effort to keep her from gouging Anna's eyes out, I told her I wanted to get a picture.  (Juliet is a ham and loves the camera.)  It took a couple of takes, but I finally got a decent shot of the two of them together.

I love this picture of their very first shared bath.  Of course it's wonderfully sentimental as I imagine they'll have lots of baths together in the future, but I also love it for another reason.  I love that Juliet looks all happy and excited, and Anna looks like she's thinking, "I'm not sure about this kid behind me.  I think she might try to drown me..."  Anna is excellent at giving her sister the stink eye already.  I can't wait to watch them grow together!