Back Scrubber
A few days ago I was giving Joel a bath in the kids' bathroom. On the floor next to the tub was something I hadn't seen before. Joel asked me for it, I thought it looked funny and useful, so I gave it to him.
It was about 18 inches long, and on one end had a double-sided pad. One pad was scratchy, the other spongey. At the other end was a three-prong plastic "fork."
Sarah was down the hall in her room. Joel was scrubbing his body with the spongey end. I was thinking maybe Paul had picked it up at the dollar store for one of the kids. After all , he had just taken Sarah out the night before to the pet store adjacent to Dollar Tree. Joel was having fun, using first one end and then the other. I sat just outside the bathroom with the door open, watching him out of the corner of my eye while perusing a curriculum catalog.
After about five minutes, Joel was playing with other tub toys, so I decided to remove the back scrubber before the floor got soaking wet.
"Sarah? Where'd you guys get this?" I called.
"Get what?" she called back from her laptop in the bedroom.
"This back scrubber. Did Dad or Ben buy it ? I haven't seen it before. ."
"Back scrubber?" Now she was curious.
"Yeh, this spongey, scratchy thing with the fork on one end." She had entered the bathroom.
Then she erupted into laughter.
"What? What's so funny?' I asked. (I was looking to see if Joel was covered in bubbles or something.) Sarah was holding her guts, guffawing over herself.
"That's not a back scrubber,"she said. "That's my fish tank cleaner!"
"Oh, gross!" I shrieked. "And Joel's just been using it ! Sick! Oh, Sarah, what's it doing in the TUB! "
"I just got those new fish and had to clean my tank. Sorry, " she said, chuckling all the way back to her room.
It was about 18 inches long, and on one end had a double-sided pad. One pad was scratchy, the other spongey. At the other end was a three-prong plastic "fork."
Sarah was down the hall in her room. Joel was scrubbing his body with the spongey end. I was thinking maybe Paul had picked it up at the dollar store for one of the kids. After all , he had just taken Sarah out the night before to the pet store adjacent to Dollar Tree. Joel was having fun, using first one end and then the other. I sat just outside the bathroom with the door open, watching him out of the corner of my eye while perusing a curriculum catalog.
After about five minutes, Joel was playing with other tub toys, so I decided to remove the back scrubber before the floor got soaking wet.
"Sarah? Where'd you guys get this?" I called.
"Get what?" she called back from her laptop in the bedroom.
"This back scrubber. Did Dad or Ben buy it ? I haven't seen it before. ."
"Back scrubber?" Now she was curious.
"Yeh, this spongey, scratchy thing with the fork on one end." She had entered the bathroom.
Then she erupted into laughter.
"What? What's so funny?' I asked. (I was looking to see if Joel was covered in bubbles or something.) Sarah was holding her guts, guffawing over herself.
"That's not a back scrubber,"she said. "That's my fish tank cleaner!"
"Oh, gross!" I shrieked. "And Joel's just been using it ! Sick! Oh, Sarah, what's it doing in the TUB! "
"I just got those new fish and had to clean my tank. Sorry, " she said, chuckling all the way back to her room.
posted by Zoanna at
8:08 PM
5 Comments:
zo, that is utterly disgusting. I think I would've scrubbed Joel down until he was red and raw!!! But what a funny memory to share for years to come!
Trust me, he got more than a Johnson & Johnson baby clean job after that!
This story brings back the wonderful feeling I had when one of my babies picked up dog poop, without a pooper scooper.
That's pretty gross! Good thing he was already in the bath tub!
awesome zo! I love moments like that. At least it wasn't a toliet bowl scrubber :)
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