I remember when Sian and Jake were about 3 and 4 years old and I was bathing them together. It had been a very hot day and tempers were frayed, including theirs. They had not stopped bickering and arguing all day which was quite uncharacteristic for the two of them.
The squabbling continued as I bathed them and after ignoring my pleas to cease their fighting I calmly picked them both up and deposited them 'outside' the back door. They were still wet and stark naked.
Our back door was a large double door made of glass and it came directly off the family room at the back of the house. I locked the door and sat down on the couch with a magazine and proceeded to read whilst positioning myself where I could see them both and they could see me.
Well, they were flabbergasted!! It was SO funny! I think they just couldn't believe that I would put them 'outside' with no clothes on!
For several minutes they just stood at the door, speechless. Then, they turned to each other and both began laughing and giggling and cavorting around the backyard like Wild Things.
Their squabbles were forgotten in the freedom that nakedness allowed them!
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