Monday, February 9, 2009

Rub-A-Dub-Dub!

Well, here's a holiday for me -- Read In The Bathtub Day! Sounds good to me. I love long baths and reading in the tub is even better. I'll have to remember this tonight, since I have 3 books I want to read. One of my favorite kid's books is Five Minutes Peace by Jill Murphy. This is such a cute book with adorable illustrations. Mrs. Large, an elephant, wants a little time to herself. Her family has other ideas. She makes herself breakfast, grabs the newspaper and tries to sneak upstairs into the bathroom. She fills the tub with hot water and bubbles. Just as she's finally starting to relax, one of her kids comes in and wants to play her a song, which he proceeeds to play three times. Then her daughter comes in and wants to read Mrs. Large a page from her book. She reads more than 4 pages. Pretty soon the little one comes in and flings all his bathtoys into the tub. All heck breaks loose and soon the kids are eating her breakfast, in the tub, and splashing water everywhere. Mrs. Large gets out and goes downstairs where she has a total of 3 minutes and 45 seconds of peace before all the kids join her again. Ever have one of those days? My advice -- lock the door!
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  1. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2009 at 1:15 PM

    I LOVE this book, and it's sequel... what was it called again? All in One Piece?
    The pictures were always my favorite. I'll have to go find them downstairs later today! :)

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2009 at 3:05 PM

    I have never read the book... but I live it so I guess that is the same thing! lol

    Ah well, I keep thinking I will have privacy someday ... like when the kids go to college. And then I will be lonely.

    So I don't complain now... much.

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  3. Rena JonesFebruary 9, 2009 at 3:44 PM

    Yay, Nichelle's here! Out of lurkdom anyway! The book is on the little table in the classroom. It's so cute!

    LOL @ living the story, Tracy. I guess that's true for most moms at some point.

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  4. Ruth DonnellyFebruary 9, 2009 at 4:29 PM

    Sounds very cute. Just don't drop your book in the tub as I once did as a child! It was a library book, too...my parents gave me a hard time about that for years!

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  5. meFebruary 9, 2009 at 4:49 PM

    Hmmmm...I love reading and I love bubble baths. I'll celebrate this holiday witcha!! :)

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  6. C.R. EversFebruary 9, 2009 at 6:50 PM

    yep! sounds familiar. I don't even try to have much "me" time during the day. My attempts come after all the kiddo's are in bed. Unfortunatly, I'm usually so tired that I want to be in bed too. hmmmmph!

    Christy

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  7. Kelly PolarkFebruary 9, 2009 at 8:01 PM

    I'm with Christy! My only me time is a short few hours in the evening. That sounds like a cute book!

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2009 at 10:06 PM

    That sounds like a really cute book, I'll have to make a trip to the library soon. I can completely relate to poor Mrs. Large.

    Nancy

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  9. Kimbra KaschFebruary 9, 2009 at 10:07 PM

    Looks cute - and I love super-duper hot baths and books - just not together. I'm afraid I'd ruin 'em.

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  10. Christina FarleyFebruary 10, 2009 at 4:41 AM

    Sounds like a cute book. I was just telling my husband I could really go for a nice long bath. Sigh.

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  11. Captain HookFebruary 10, 2009 at 6:36 AM

    I've never seen the book, but with 5 kids, yeah that sounds familiar!

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  12. MarciaFebruary 12, 2009 at 12:23 PM

    I LOVED reading this book to my kids! Thanks for reminding me of it.

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  13. BrendaFebruary 14, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    I've never read this book, but boy have I had days like this! grin...

    I keep missing all the good holidays...grin...

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