Diaper manufacturers are ripping us off no more

The boys have yet another cold, Benjamin’s worse than Jonah’s. So I couldn’t take them to the Mother’s Five-Seconds-Out like I’d planned. Instead we went to the beach, got tossed around by major winds, and came home in desperate need of a bath.

Dinner was still half an hour away so I let them play for as long as possible. I slipped out to get some Edy’s Slow-Churned Double Fudge Brownie ice cream (it’s soooo good!) and heard a thump/splash/cry sequence from the bathroom. Jonah had somehow submerged himself, then recovered, but was still just shy of hysterical.

I lifted him out, swaddled him in a towel, and we snuggled a while. He’s into snuggling after his bath these days. Then I put on his diaper and pajamas and left for less than 28 seconds to get Benjamin’s pajamas....

And what you don’t see is Benjamin in the bath beside him waving around the toilet brush like a mad leprechaun. That must’ve been a gift from Jonah before he dove back into the bath.

I’m re-dressing Jonah when I hear gurgle-cough-sputter and look up to see Benjamin drinking the tub water dog-style. This gets water in his nose. Which makes him sneeze. And because he has a cold, sneezing causes gooey green snot to hang from his nose to his chest.

He finds this whole process hilarious. Almost as hilarious as when he and Jonah discovered two side-by-side doorstops today, simultaneously kneeled down, and began to blow on them. Blow, giggle. Blow, giggle.

When I took Jonah out of the bath the second time, his diaper was bigger than he was. I was amazed at the amount of liquid it could hold! Why change them every few hours? They could go at least a day and a half!

Think of the money we’ll save....