nPosted on December 5, 2019
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nI take showers, not baths. How about you?
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nAs a society, most adults take showers but many, many kids take baths – and the younger the kids, the more likely that clean-up time is a nighttime bath rather than a morning shower.
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n(Of course, baths and showers can occur ANY time during the day or night. I’m waaaaay talking in generalities here!)
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nThere are three awesome reasons for taking a shower when you’re older:
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n1. It saves water. Filling a bathtub can use as much as 50 – 70 gallons of water, and a 5-minute shower uses only 10 – 25 gallons.
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n2. It saves time. Adults are often scurrying between bed and breakfast and chores or jobs and need the time savings every bit as much as the environment needs the water savings.
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n3. It feels cleaner. The soap and dirt and oils are rinsed down the drain, instead of sitting in it all!
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nBut here are a few great reasons to take baths when you’re little:
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n1. It’s less scary than having water constantly pouring down on you, and it’s easier for grown ups to help you.
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n2. Kids don’t need the tub as full as adults do, and they often share a tub! Water savings!
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n3. It can be so relaxing as a transition time between the busy-busy day and nighttime.
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n4. Bubbles!
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nToday, Bathtub Party Day, we are all (kids AND adults) encouraged to at least once in a while luxuriate in all the water and time we need for a super relaxing soak! A grown up might want to have a good book, aromatherapy bath scent, and candles for a special once-in-a-very-blue-moon bath, whereas kids might like bubbles and bath toys.
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nAlso on this date:
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nWorld Soil Day
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nThe King’s Birthday in Thailand
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nPhysicist Werner Heisenberg’s birthday
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nSinterklaas in the Netherlands
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nDay of the Ninja (aka Creep like a Ninja Day)
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nDiscovery Day in Hispaniola
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nAnniversary of Mozart’s Death
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nEducator Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz’s birthday
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nInternational Volunteer Day
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nBirthday of President Martin Van Buren
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nPlan ahead:
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nCheck out my Pinterest pages on:
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nHistorical anniversaries in December
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nAnd here are my Pinterest boards for:
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