Bathtime

One of my favourite times of the day is bathtime with Sydney.  Every night, she and I jump into the bathtub together and splash and play in a mountain of bubbles before bedtime.  It's a wonderful way to end the day with her.  She loves playing in the water, often if I'm having a particularly rough day with her, we'll jump into the bath together midday just to play and relax for a while and she always seems easier to handle after a little soak in the tub!

Because tub-time is such a fun time, we have gotten a ton of great bath toys for Sydney since she was born.  One of our faves is this floating xylophone that my Aussie friend Sally gave us for Sydney's birthday.  It comes complete with song sheets so we often have a little bath-time sing along while Sydney bangs away! 

Another great toy is this set of eight whales all with their own floating rings.  They hook together to cover the length of the bathtub and when you blow into their tails they whistle and wail, such fun! 

But despite all of the great bath toys that Sydney has, her absolute favourite is this:

Yup, it's my bottle of shave cream.  More specifically her favourite toy is the purple lid on top.  She clutches to that little lid like there's no tomorrow for the whole time she's in the bath and fills it up and dumps it out a thousand times!  It's kind of like when you give your kid a really expensive present and they spend the rest of the day playing with the wrapping paper on it!  It was a good reminder to me that kids don't need fancy toys, something that fits just right in their hands can provide hours of entertainment no matter what it is!
 
Splish, splash!