Sometimes I get Hayley set up with something and it’s such a big hit that I wonder why I never thought to do it before. In the bathroom earlier, I was doing laundry, and Hayley decided to put her bath ducks in the sink and turned the water on (Breanna was in her bouncy seat, sucking her fingers, for the record). She thought it was really fun, but we don’t have a plug for that sink.
Instead, I told her to bring her bath toys and her stool to the kitchen. I put the plug in, filled it 3/4 full with warm water, put a t-shirt on her, and I swear it’s been about an hour now. I hung out with her for awhile, and now I’m in here feeding Breanna, and all I can hear is Hayley giggling and making her ducks talk to each other.
I know the floor will get wet, but I figure it’s just water after all. I asked her to just try not to get too carried away and to avoid purposely dumping it on the floor. I figure that when she’s done, I’ll mop it all up and get a clean floor as a bonus.
Sometimes it’s so easy to make her happy.
my problem with things like this is that at first it’s a “hey, why didn’t I think of this before??” and then a couple days later it’s a “damn, now it only works for 3 minutes.”
Wow, great idea! I’ll have to think of that the next time I’m cleaning upstairs and Malia needs a distraction. 🙂
Oh water play! Samantha can play in the sink FOREVER. She has loved this for a while and still loves it. After a while she found the soap and added bubbles to the fun. Cups and funnels are also fun for her.
My boys are 8 and 5 and they still like to play what is known around here as “sink water!”
aww lol fun fun
Mental note: ducks in the kitchen sink. 🙂