Nightly Refrain

A snippet of some of the recent bathtime conversation in our house...caution, you may be exhausted just reading it!

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---Sit down!  Keep the water inside the tub.

---Addison, do NOT pull your sissy's hair.  It hurts.

---Mackenzie, YOU can't pull sissy's hair either.  Didn't it hurt when she pulled yours?

---Tell sissy you're sorry.

---Do NOT hit.  [Usually playful hitting, but still...]

---We do NOT bite mama.

---Water stays in the tub.  STOP SPLASHING.

---Do NOT bite your sister.  Where did you learn biting?  Does someone at school bite?
          ---Their response?  "Aly!"  [This is also the response when I ask, "Who is your best
             friend?"]
          ---For the record, no one in their classroom, including A & M has been bitten as far as I
             know.  They aren't actually biting each other, but are pretending to try it.  I think they are
             testing the limits to see if I will let them get away with it.

---Thank you for your help, but I can handle washing sissy's hair all by myself.

---Please don't pour water on sissy's head; soap will get in her eyes and it will hurt.

---[Cough, cough, sputter...]

---Are you okay?  It's not too smart to pour water on your own face, either.  [I might be a little
   unsympathetic by this point in the evening.]

---Who's ready to get out?

---A & M:  "Play!"

---You have to get out if you want to watch tv before bed.  What are we watching tonight?

---A & M, while simultaneously trying to scramble out of the tub:  "Woody!  New one!  Blue's
   Clues!  Choo-Chooooo!"  Then they agree:  "Woody!  New one!"--meaning Toy Story 3, of
   course.  It's the current obsession.

---Addison, potties are for pee-peeing, not for standing in.

---Get out of that cabinet!  [Mental note:  Buy child locks for bathroom cabinet.]

---Put that potty down.  It does not belong on your head!

---Get over here so mama can put lotion on you.

---Leave your diaper on!!

---Oh, Mackenzie's gone to night-night...  [As she pretends to go to sleep on the towel in the floor]

---Do not stand in the potty!!

---Yes, I will put some booty cream on you...but do not put your hands in it!  [Diaper rash
   cream...they love it]

---Addison, which pajamas do you want to wear tonight?

---Mackenzie, leave your diaper ON!!

---Okay, all done with bath and jammies.  Let's go get milk and watch Woody!

---A & M:  "Teeth, brush!  Teeth, brush!"

---Oh, we're already out of the bathroom and we're all dry...we'll skip it just this once.

---A & M:  Bordering tears, "Teeth!  Brush!  Teeth!  Brush!"

---Sigh.