Two birds with one stone

Giving Peter a sink bath (after he gave himself a dirt bath outside) accomplishes two things:

1.  It gets him clean. (duh)

2.  It calms him down from the outrageous tantrum he throws every single time I make him come inside.  He and Charlotte would live outdoors if I let them, and both kids are absolute dirt magnets when I take them out to the yard.  The only thing better than digging in dirt, however, is the rare treat of playing with running water in the sink.

Thank goodness for my deep sink (this never would have worked with my old, shallow one) and the tantrum-ending properties of running water.  Whew.