I’m sure I’m gonna get a little criticism for this, but Ella is very particular about her baths. She really wants time to herself, but I want her to be safe. So, we struck a deal. I let her spend about 10-15 minutes in the bathroom by herself. Primping, playing, singing, whatever. In exchange, she answers “yes, ma’am” every time I call her name (usually about every 30 seconds!). If she fails to answer, private time is over.
Generally, I’m in the next room working on projects or cooking dinner and tonight was no exception. I was dusting and straightening up, getting ready to vacuum. When I went in to tell her playtime was up and I needed to bathe her so we could eat dinner, she groaned. Her response was, “Can I have a few more minutes to finish scrubbing my legs?” Scrubbing her legs? I got a little closer and noticed she’d begun rubbing the bubbles from her bath all over legs and was using a Barbie paper doll to “shave” her legs. It seriously made me giggle.
I snapped a picture and gave her a moment of privacy before ruining her moment.
