My boys hate bath time. They love play in the tub time, but that scrub behind your ears and wash your hair time is something I have to practically force them to do. They are masters at avoiding it too. This is a conversation that took place at Micah's last bath time.
Micah come on it is time for your bath.
(He reaches over and touches the water like it is poison)
I'm not getting in.
Why not?
The water is too hot.
No it is not, now come on. I don't have all day.
It is so too hot. It will burn my pee-pee off.
No it will not.
You try it first and see if it burns your pee-pee off.
I am not getting in the tub and I don't have a pee-pee.
(Let me just say here that I know that was a rookie mistake, but I wasn't thinking...I just wanted the kid to take a bath!)
You don't have a pee-pee?
No, now get in the tub.
Did the hot water already burn yours off?
NO! I never had a pee-pee.
Why not?
Because I am a girl.
So?
Girls don't have pee-pees only boys.
You are joking.
No I am not.
But Daddy has a pee-pee.
Yes, Daddy is a boy.
No only me and my brothers are boys. Daddy is an adult.
But he used to be a boy so he still has his pee-pee.
And when you turned into a girl yours fell off?
NO! I never had one. I was always a girl.
I think I need to talk to Daddy about this.
I think that is a good idea.
(Micah leaves to go talk with Joe and comes back just a few minutes later.)
But Momma why do boys have pee-pees and girls do not?
Because God made us that way.
Are you sure?
Yes. What did Daddy say?
He said the same thing.
Then why did you ask me?
Because I thought he was lying.
Your Daddy doesn't lie to you.
Well it just doesn't SOUND true.
Well it sounds like to me it is time for your bath.
Do ghosts have pee-pees?
(Talk about being thrown for a loop. I had no idea where that came from!)
Ummmm.....well I guess it depends on if it is a girl or a boy.
A girl one.
No, A girl ghost would not have a pee-pee.
Not a ghost, goats...like Twinkle and Christal.
Oh, no. We have girls goats so they do not have pee-pees.
You told me ghosts weren't real.
They aren't.
So boy ghosts have imaginary pee-pees?
I suppose so. Now, please get in the tub.
(Micah leans over again and touches the water like it will kill him)
I can't.
Why not?
The water is too cold now.
Yes that is seriously what it is like to begin to scrub these boys clean!
