Bath time started like normal tonight. John and Gillian were well behaved and were playing nicely together. John started using a cup to deflate the bubbles. While pushing the cup into the bubbles he was getting water all over the tub and some out on the floor. Daddy told him to stop. John continued and proceeded to get water all over the floor. Daddy said “that’s it. You are losing a friend tonight!” John immediately said “no. I won’t do it again! I promise!” After the water incident, we stopped play time and started to actually wash the kids. John and Gillian got Mr. Bubble foam soap for Christmas from Mimi. John has a blue one and Gillian has a pink one. A few weeks ago Gillian threw her foam soap out of the tub and broke the top off of hers. It still works but it is broken. We washed the kids and somehow Gillian got John’s blue foam container. John started yelling at Gillian saying “you aren’t going to break mine Gilly!” Gillian burst into tears. I said that’s it. You are losing another friend. Never mind. You aren’t losing any friends. You cannot have your light up turtle tonight. The kids were each given new night lights for Christmas from GiGi. John has a turtle that projects stars on the ceiling. As soon as I said that John said “but that my greatest thing ever!” And that’s when he started to cry and argue with us. Daddy told him to stop arguing there was no reason to be this upset and that Gillian didn’t break anything. John responds “well you broke my heart!”
