Greg is traveling, as you probably know, so last night I was on bath duty by myself.

I am just not thrilled about the idea of trying to bathe the girls together (though Greg does it that way), so I decided I'd bathe Allie first. Julia could crawl around the bathroom floor, getting god knows what on her hands, and then I'd get her all clean before bed.

The only problem with that plan was Julia. As soon as we all went into the bathroom, she started trying to crawl into the tub. It just goes to show that she could probably already get out of her crib if she put her mind to it, because she got on her tiptoes and got a leg up and she was almost on the edge.

Just to see what she'd do, I steadied her so she wouldn't fall and she promptly slithered into the tub (which was empty) with all of her clothes on. Allie was taking hers off as Julia was climbing, so as soon as Julia sat down in the tub and started playing the bath toys, Allie was naked and getting cold.

I would have just stripped Julia and let them bathe together, but just then Julia decided to fill her diaper. So I hauled her out of the tub and washed Allie from top to bottom as fast as possible while Julia complained (loudly, needless to say) about not being in the tub. She also tried, for the entire time I was bathing her sister, to climb back into the tub.

Allie got out and I took Julia in her room to clean her butt before I bathed her. She screamed the whole time, but eventually I got her back in the bathroom and filled the little tub. I dumped her in it, and she immediately started that contented baby humming thing while she grabbed all the bath toys she could reach and started playing.

Who needs playpens, expensive mobiles, sound and music makers, dollies, or strollers. To entertain your kid, dump her clothed butt in the bathtub and she'll be happy for hours. Apparently.