Rub-a-Dub Chub-in-the-Tub

Jordan has always liked bathtime.  Jacob?  LOVES bathtime.  He is nuts for bathtime.  For those of you who still think he's incapable of a full-blown fit, you need to see him when I pull him out of the tub.

Jacob is still in the baby tub inside of the big tub.  I fill it up with water, plop him in, and watch the show.  He's a kicker.  He gets so excited, he kicks most of the water out of the tub, but will stop to straighten his legs and point his toes and squeal because he's just so excited.  He also likes to explore a little real estate that's usually covered up by a diaper.  Bath times are good times.

Tonight was the first time I gave him some bath toys.  Not sure why it's taken so long to do this, probably because he's always so happy to just splash and play with the wash cloths.  Anyway, tonight I handed him the two nesting cups that Jordan has had since she was a baby.  They're not very big, but still a little too big for him to palm with one hand.  He was fixated on them.  As soon as he'd get a grip on one, he'd try to pick up the other, but the only way he can get a hold of one is to use both hands.  And he did not want to let go of the one he mastered.  He kept trying and trying.... Unlike Jo, he doesn't get frustrated and quit.  That's my gene.  I was watching him struggle, so I'd try to help him out, but as soon as I put my hand in the water he'd start a fit.  So I let him be, until the water cooled off too much and it was time to get out.  Which he does not like.  He's screaming before his feet are even out of the water.  He continues screaming all through toweling off, diapering and PJs, until I stick the bottle in his mouth. 

Let's hope this phase lasts...I'm afraid that all too soon he'll be a dirty little boy who'll fight me on a good scrubbing.