Baths Are Better Than Showers

When we moved to Cedar City Jack was a shower man.  He showered before he went to bed at night and he showered when he got out of bed in the morning.  These were not quickie showers either, these were half hour to hour showers.  The kid was all about the shower and clearly showering was a much better bathing option than taking a bath.  How times have changed.  When we moved to our current home Jack shifted from showers to baths.  He no longer has to be bathing every morning and every night which I am quite thankful for.  That was pretty extreme.  Sensory issues, it's part of the autism spectrum and something we've always enjoyed with Jack.  Anyhow, our current house has a bath/shower combo.  Well, Jack must not like the shower curtain, perhaps it is too noisy...?    He has opted to take baths all the time.  I have tried to convince him to take a shower but he is not budging.  I really am not bothered by it though sometimes for time saving purposes I would prefer he take a shower.  Not happening.  He believes baths are better. 

At church yesterday we ran into a bit of a challenge when the Primary changed up their schedule.  Again, autism spectrum, Jack does not do very well with departures from the structure.  Jack had actually left for class, all was normal.  Andy on the other hand was having a rough day.  I went to his primary classroom with him and that is when we discovered they had changed the schedule.   I had to stand with Andy at the back of the Primary room when we got there because he didn't want to go sit with his class.  He thought he needed to be with me all day.  I was happy to hang with him and then I noticed that Jack was not with his class.  I left Andy with my back pack and told him I had to find Jack.  Fortunately Andy stayed with the back pack and eventually joined his class.  I found Jack sitting in the hallway with Sister Taylor who was trying to convince him to go to the primary room.  Sorry, not going to happen.  Unexpected change and Jack anchored himself to the floor.  I took over and managed to get him to go walk around with me.  That was an adventure in and of itself and after a few more challenges we managed to go to his class together.

When we got to the class I was hoping he would go in but he told me he was too embarrassed and wanted me to go with him.  I did.  We sat and tried to catch up on the lesson.  Well, I tried to catch up, Jack seemed to be up to speed immediately.  I was watching Jack complete a maze that was part of the lesson that he missed when a question was asked and Jack suddenly starts giving an answer that dealt with the manner of baptism taught by Jesus.  This sparked a big discussion on baptism and these 8 and 9 year old boys were really chatting it up about baptism by immersion and they were also discussing sprinkling and how it is less effective.  The teacher brought it all back around with the apostacy and how some churchs alterred the manner of baptism to sprinkling but through the restoration of the Gospel the Savior has revealed how the ordinance of baptism should be performed, by immersion by one holding the proper priesthood authority.  Jack stops, turns to me and says in all seriousness, "That is why baths are better than showers".