::car washing dudes::

I can't really remember where this idea originated, maybe one of our babysitters?  But anyway, the kids love to make car washes.  They get out big boxes of hot wheels cars and then they ask me for every different sized bowl I have.  THEN they ask me for my basting brush and all the different little kitchen tools that might help.  They fill the bowls with water and sometimes soap (against my wishes usually).  Then they start splashing everywhere and cars get really sparkling clean.

The floors are always soaked and there are usually two or three sodden towels by the time they're done.  And Sandy is drenched.

These photos are from July. Usually Max is at school or someplace else important, so he doesn't get to join in the washing. This time, not only did he get to play, but he set the whole thing up while I was busy doing something else.


And he was the boss--do wash this car, don't wash this one.  That doesn't always go over well with Sandy, but sometimes.



While setting up, Max even added some soap. Which is really not too delightful for me, but for the boys it adds to the realism of the washing simulation.


It was a good washing day.

This photo is from back in May. Right after we got the squiddy pool toys that Sandy's using there. We thought they would make absolutely perfect car wash octopuses and so he requested a car wash immediately. As you can see this is serious business.   We used cake pans and muffin tins this time.


I'm hoping this someday translates to boys washing my REAL cars, but unless we can get some 5 ft rainbow squid I doubt that's going to happen anytime soon.