BLUEBERRY THRILLS!

Aaahhh, bath time with the boys. Time to relax, have some quiet time, and watch the kids have some good natured fun. NOT!!!
Giving newborns a bath is always something that most parents look forward to. Cameras are rolling, baby is smiling, and Mommy and Daddy are both there to enjoy it. But, alas, that only lasts a bit and then it turns to chaos.
All of my guys are more than willing to take baths/showers. Jacob would take several baths a day if given the opportunity. When I started the tub last night, he was in before I had plugged the drain. He even had to jump back out to tinkle. He gets a ton of credit for that because, well, you know.
Nicholas heard the tub running so he crawled into the bathroom as quickly as possible. I stripped him down and ripped his diaper off to find the dreaded bath time surprise. This kid is famous for that (so I don't know why I don't learn my lesson.) You know the bathtub surprise; you have just changed a diaper about 30 minutes prior to the bath, so you pull the diaper off as he is trying to climb in the tub and see that there is indeed more than what you expected, so then you yelllllll to the closest set of ears "I NEED WIPES!!!". He is then naked with poopie butt, squirming and wriggling to get into the tub!!
We got that all taken care of and things go normally for a couple minutes.
Austin comes in and tells us that he has to go so we will have to get out. I inform him that we've only just gotten wet. Now, when I say we, I always mean we, not just the kids in the tub. So Austin says he'll go ahead and go as long as no one looks. So then it's me on the floor, Jacob and Nic in the tub, and Austin taking care of his business in Gaga's tiny bathroom. (Hope no one else has to go.)
Austin's finishes, but decides to stay for the show. He takes a little squirt ball that is part of the bathtub basketball set and pretends to tinkle into the tub. That always riles Jacob up and gets more water everywhere. Nicholas just tries to drink all of the water in the tub and chew on everything that is within arms reach.
Ralph then comes in and says he needs my help with something. We get Nicholas out of the tub and ask Austin if he will stay in and supervise Jacob playing in the tub. No problem.
I go help Ralph very quickly and then back to the bathroom to see how much water is on the floor. Austin is fully clothed and soaking wet. For some reason, when Jacob is taking a bath and Austin comes in and I have to step out for a second, Austin always "accidentally" falls into the tub. I ask him if he just wants to take a bath with Jacob instead of a shower in the morning. He says he will, IF he can keep his underwear on. Austin is very modest. Since his underwear are already wet, who cares. So, I let them play in there for a bit and have a seat on the couch with Nicholas (to keep him from crawling back into the bathroom and scaling the side of the tub). We hear lots of laughter and then Austin comes out and says "Jacob is squirting a bunch of the soap into the tub." I look pleadingly (or frustratedly, but I'm not sure if I know how to spell that) at Ralph so he goes to check. He comes back and says "Should we turn the shower on and shower Jacob off?" "What?", I say, "Just because he put some extra soap in?" "No," Ralph replies, "He put ALL of the soap in." "What?", I say again. Ralphie says, "He used it all, I just threw the bottle into the trash." I had just bought that bottle of Blueberry Thrills bath/body wash last week!!!
We walk down the hall together this time and go into the bathroom. There sits Jacob in a murky blue tub. Bubbles everywhere. Blueberry goop (thrills) running down the side of the tub. A puddle of blueberry goop glopped in the corner of the tub. He looks up at us with those big, huge brown eyes and says "I was helping you clean." Now what can I say to that?? Jacob loves to help. He ran in a little later with Nicholas' toothbrush COATED with infant toothpaste stuff. He wants to help Nicholas brush his teeth!!
Back to the story. We rinsed Jacob off, got him out of the tub and I re cleaned (for the 3rd time today), the bathroom. The only thing left of the mess was a nice coating of Blueberry Thrills bubbles on the bottom of the tub. Not all of the water in the house was gonna take care of that much soap at one time. I think that next time we will try Watermelon Wave, or Strawberry Smiles or something like that.

I want to meet the folks in charge of all of the parenting magazines and ask them who this is that says to give kids a bath before bed to "calm" them!!!

HOUSE UPDATE: Nothing. I want to post some pictures, but am waiting until the painters return to paint the shutters because I don't like the color they are now!!