A Simple Life 4

Thursdays are long days for the twins. They have school in the morning, come home for lunch and they go off for Chinese class after that. They skip their afternoon naps in order to accomplish that.

As a result, I always feel bad for them and everything that happens the rest of the day is a treat for them; they get to do things that they don't get to do on a regular basis. They get bottles of ice-cold milk straight out of the supermarket chiller. They get to watch television and have dinner (something I generally disapprove of) and a nice long bath. After that, it is off to bed in our bed. All this is also in a bid to gently hurry things up because the bedtime clock is ticking away furiously and the closer they are to bedtime, the more uncooperative they are.

Part of today's treat was by sheer accident. A bottle of shower gel was spilt on the floor. Clearing it up meant pails of sudsy and nice smelling water. I thought to myself what a waste of some relatively clean water. So, rather than throw it away, I kept the pails and presented it to the twins to play with after their dinner.

It was great fun for everyone. It kept them busy while I fed and played with Muffin. They were thrilled because they got to strip down and play with water and bubbles. All we had to do was to makes sure that the non-stop chattering didn't actually stop, occasionally pop our heads in to help make more bubbles for them and stop fights if they broke out.

Because it was such a fun activity for them; scooping water from the pail with a spoon into either a bowl or a bottle, there was minimal fighting and some sharing going on. Little J would pour some of her suds into Evan's pail when Evan whined that he'd run out and we'd pretended not to hear his whining. Evan's big sister indulges him more than we do!



















This made me think of how my mom used to make coloured soap bubbles, by adding food colouring into the water, and basically set me loose at them. I'd play till my fingers wrinkled or I ran out of water, which ever came first. But it kept me busy and I didn't need to be entertained because like myself, my mom had 3 kids to keep an eye on.

Another no-frills, low cost activity to keep on the books. These are the best.




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