One of Jonah’s favorite stalling maneuvers is to grab his ukulele and say that first he needs to sing a song about doing whatever it is he’s trying to put off doing (go to the bathroom, pick up toys, take a nap, etc.) He made up this song about taking a bath a few weeks ago and has sung it several times. On this night, Nora was taking her bath first, so he was happy to sing a new verse about “Jonah’s going to take a bath all by his self.” Then he was cracking himself up by singing about taking a bath “all by his school bus” and other crazy things. Later he stops to ask himself what letter sound is at the end of ‘self’. Near the end, he was a bit distracted by Nora sitting on the counter because we don’t usually sit on counters, but she was brushing her teeth for the first time while she watched the end of the song.

Lyrics: It’s time to take a bath because the sun’s going down
A little bit A little bit
So that’s why Jonah’s gonna take take take a bath
All by his self (or school bus or ducks or Dad…)