Squeaky clean. Yeah right.
Remember the smell of freshly bathed baby skin? I do. So powdery and soft. The little downy fuzz of their heads that just begged to be kissed. I ran my lips across their heads until my mouth was nearly numb, then tucked my babies in closely until they fell sweetly to sleep.
Now they’re just a couple of stinkpots.
They smell a little sweaty most of the time. And even after their baths, I still have to ask them to wash their faces.
Why is that even when they’re fresh out of the tub they don’t smell like powdery babies anymore?
Maybe because they bathe with metal cars.
There was that one time that our 6yo used my Aveda shampoo as bubble bath, and he smelled awesome for almost a whole day.
Nowadays the tub seems dirtier after they’re “clean” than before they got in.
Probably because they don’t really touch the soap at all. They just hover above the water until I’m not looking and then jump out to run around the house for “naked time”.
Crikey.
I think next week I’m going to call a general contractor to install a drain in the middle of the house and then I’m buying a power washer.
Yep. That should do it.
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