A creative way to get your kids into the bath when they protest:

Most every evening we get a little push back around bath time…”Daddy, I’m not dirty…” “Daddy…we just took a shower last night…” “Daddy…I don’t want to…”

And the dance goes on for a moment. With the requisite fussing and the disdain and the disinterest in cleanliness. And a rising level of frustration among all parties.

But one night The Beautiful Bride had the most amazing thought…

After we give the call to tub, and begin to hear the girls give their typical chorus of “the top reasons I do not need to clean myself tonight” our new quick and easy reply is…

We currently don’t have bathtime resistance at our house but I’ll tuck this one away for future reference. I think it may come in handy one day.