Happy Birthday, Michelle. Bathtime Bonanza!

Happy belated birthday and Valentine's Day, Michelle. You're becoming another year greater and better. May the year of 2016 be a happy and healthy one for you and your love ones. God bless.

Little Zia Cooper is quite the handful for her mom and dad, including on bath night, where she has a habit of running and hiding from her parents in her birthday suit after being squeaky-clean. But, good ol' Papa Sly and Mama Carmelita knows how to deal with this silly little cowgirl.

This is my third birthday gift to Michelle Goff, "SkiffyKitten" and this is the second one where it has a story attached to the picture. I hope you like my latest gift to you, Michelle.

Since this pic and story has some "expressive content", I hope no one gets upset with it. This pic and story is suppose to be cute and funny and I don't believe it deserves a mature rating since there's no graphic nudity nor bad language. And just in case, forgive me if this picture and story is similar to somebody else's story. We're all not fully aware of other people's work. You know the old saying, "Great minds think alike." But, my mind is not great. XD

I hope everyone enjoys the picture and story's humor.

Sly, Carmelita and Zia Cooper in: Bathroom Bonanza!

    It is bath night for little Zia Cooper. Her father, Sly, wearing no gloves, is washing Zia to get the dirt off of her. Zia is enjoying her warm, bubble bath by playing with her toy boats, fishes and sea diver action figure as Sly wipes around her ears. Zia is making motorboat sounds as she plays with her toy fishing boat and her deep sea diver. She's pretending she is looking for fish in the bubbly water.
    "There's some fishies in the bubbly sea. Let's go make friends with them. Hi there, big orange fish. You want to ride in our boat? No, I'm hungry for something tasty and you look yummy. Oh no, it wants to eat you, Diver Gal! Fight him! Aghhh!"
    Sly smiles as his daughter is having fun playing with her toys. Seeing her cheerful and active imagination warms his heart. It reminds him of when he was a child when his parents were still alive. He used to see his mother and father watching him play and being carefree and full of life. And at times, they play games like tag or hide and seek when having picnics. Having a child helps Sly completely move on from his parents' deaths. He lost his father as a child, now he is one. Aside from being the world's greatest master thief, he has two other jobs he loves so very much, being a husband and a father.
    "Alright, got the dirt out of your little ears. Time for your toes, Zia." said Sly as he finishes wiping Zia's ears.
    Zia leans against the wall as Sly grabs her left foot and starts wiping her toes. She starts kicking her right foot to splash soapy water at her father. Sly got a little wet and he's chuckling at his daughter's playful nature.
    "Heh-heh. You're always so playful, Zia. Now, come on, you don't want to get Daddy wet."
    Zia still kicks some water at her father. Some bits of it hits Sly's cheeks and Zia giggles and claps a little. This gave him the all clear for him to join the game. He drops his washcloth and laughs as he splashes water back at Zia. The foxcoon daughter and her raccoon father are at a water splashing war against each other. The two enjoy their merriment until Zia's vixen police inspector mother, Carmelita, calls to check up on them.
    "Sly! Zia! You two okay in there?!"
    "Yes! We're okay, Carmelita!"
    "We're okay, Mommy!"
    "Okay, Zia. I'm going to go check up on Mommy to get your pajamas ready. You're going to be okay here in the tub by yourself?"
    "I'll be okay, Daddy."
    "That's my big girl, getting so brave. Just continue playing with your toys and we'll be back."
    Sly went out of the bathroom to assist Carmelita while Zia continues playing with her toys. She resumes her pretend story of Diver Gal fighting the big orange fish trying to eat her while ramming them at each other.
    Sly sees Carmelita in the laundry room pulling out some clothes including Zia's pajamas. The lovely couple help each other when doing chores around their home. Sly made the laundry while Carmelita is collecting them after they're fresh off the dryer. He is looking at his humming, beautiful wife pull out the rest of the laundry. He greets her with his usual charm. Sly covers her eyes by surprise and says to her in a sing-songy voice,
    "It's your favorite thieving lover."
    "Hey, Sly." said Carmelita as she responds with a kiss on his lips. "Shouldn't you be keeping an eye on Zia?"
    "Don't worry. I last saw her still playing with her toys in the tub. Zia, you okay in there?!"
    "I'm fine, Daddy! I'm just playing with my bath toys!"
    "You see. She's a big girl, she can handle herself."
    "But, she's still our little cupcake. I just want to make sure she's okay. That's all part of being a great police inspector, making sure innocent people are safe."
    "And part of being a great mother. But, unlike me, she's a good swimmer. Thanks for gathering out the laundry."
    "Thank you for doing them. Alright, fresh pairs of clothes for Zia for a good night sleep."
    Carmelita brings Zia's pajamas and underwear as she and Sly walk to the bathroom. As they went in, they see the bubbly bathtub with no Zia. They are surprised and curious on where she is. Carmelita calls out for her.
    "Zia? Zia, where are you?!"
    "Zia, come on. Come out!" said Sly, looking for Zia.
    They walk closer to the bathtub to find her, then burst.
    "Boo!" shouted Zia as she bursts out of the water by surprise.
    Sly and Carmelita got a little wet by Zia's joke, but not enough to upset them. The two chuckle at it and Carmelita makes a smart remark.
    "Pop goes the silly weasel. Looks like someone is looking squeaky clean. Are you ready to get out, Zia?"
    "Yep."
    "Alright."
    Sly and Carmelita help pull their daughter out of the tub and Sly drains out all the bubbly water before putting Zia's toys on the shelves to dry off. Carmelita wipes all over Zia's body while Sly uses a blow dryer on her hair. After finishing up, the parents comb and tie up her ponytail with her bow tie. Sly carries her on his arms as Carmelita acts playful with her now that she is clean.
    "There you go, all clean and fresh like a cute and cuddly teddy bear."
    She tickles Zia in her belly a little, making her giggle.
    "Did you enjoy your bath, Zia? Had fun with your toys?"
    "Yep. Diver Gal almost got eaten by a big orange fishy. But, she fought her back."
    "Did she really? That's good. Diver Gal really knows how to handle herself in the big, bubbly sea, huh?"
    "Nothing can stop me or her."
    "Quite a fun adventure you and Diver Gal had, Zia." said Sly. "Okay, time for you to put on your pjs."
    Carmelita brings out Zia's clothes and prepares to put them on her. Zia playfully kicks the pajamas away as Carmelita tries to put Zia's pants and underwear on her. She does it one more time and says,
    "No."
    "Come on, Zia. Time to put on your pjs."
    "No, I want to be naked."
    Sly and Carmelita chuckled at Zia's silly request.
    "What?"
    "No, Zia." said Sly. "You can't be naked."
    "But, I want to."
    "Bathtime is over and now you need to get to bed, with your pjs on." said Carmelita.
    "I don't need pjs, I don't want to go to bed. I want to play."
    Sly said,
    "Come on, Zia. This is no time for--No, Zia! Come on, Zia! Zia!"
    Zia wiggles and jumps out of her father's arms and runs out of the bathroom, without a care in the world or any clothes on. She's enjoying more fun time by running around the apartment nude as a jaybird, shouting,
    "Whee!"
    Carmelita complains,
    "Oh no, not again! Zia, come back here!"
    "Come on, Zia! We have no time for this!"
    "He-he-he!"
    Carmelita dropped Zia's pjs as she and Sly runs after Zia as she streaks around their home gleefully with cheer. This ain't the first time Zia runs around naked during bath night. There were multiple times this playful foxcoon girl gets the thrill of being chased around the apartment by her parents when she likes to run free with no clothes on. There were a few nights where she got out of the bathtub to go into the kitchen to eat cookies out of the cookie jar, times she's found jumping up and down on her bed or the sofa like a trampoline and nights she's playing hide and seek with her mommy and daddy by hiding in small places like underneath a table, her parents' bed or the hamper. The last place she likes to hide in resulted her in getting another bath after being pulled out of the dirty laundry. Zia is running through the halls and around the living room, giggling and smiling while avoiding capture from her pursuing parents. They keep telling her to stop.
    "Zia, stop! Don't run around the house!" shouted Sly.
    "What did we told you about running around the house naked?!" shouted Carmelita. "Zia, get back here!"
    "Put your clothes on, Zia!"
    "Nope! You can't catch me! Heh-heh!"
    Zia ran across the living room, the dining room table and across the kitchen. She's too fast for her parents and quick to think as she slides, jumps and crawls through any chair, table, desk and sofa standing in her way. She dashes for her parents' bedroom and jumps on the bed with excitement. Sly said to her.
    "Zia, don't jump on our bed! Come on!"
    Zia jumps off and hides under the bed, still giggling. She crawls deeper as her father reaches to grab her. Carmelita is on the other end trying to assist Sly on capturing Zia.
    "Come out, Zia! This is no time to miss around." said Carmelita.
    Zia tries to avoid her parents from reaching her until Sly finally grab a hold of her foot.
    "Ha, got you!" he said.
    Sly tries to pull her in but Zia grabs onto the carpet with all her might, trying to pull away from her father's grip.
    "I got you, Zia! You can't escape Daddy's hand!"
    "Reel her in, Ringtail!" said Carmelita.
    Zia wiggles her way out of her father's hand with all her strength. She tries to jerk her leg out of her father's grip and continues pulling away from him. After a few more jerks, Zia's foot broke free from Sly's grip.
    "What the?! Zia!" he shouted by surprise of Zia's strength.
    She rolls to the front end of the bed and runs away from her parents. Sly and Carmelita continues the chase for her. They look around the living room and kitchen, seeing no sight or sound of her. They are stunned at seeing her vanish so quickly and at the same time, impressed.
    "She's gone? I don't see her." said Sly.
    "That sneaky little rascal is just like you, Sly. Always running and hiding for fun."
    "At least she's got her mother's good looks."
    "Cute line, babe. Come on, let's check the kitchen. She likes hiding in the cabinets to get some snacks."
    Sly and Carmelita search the kitchen for their daughter, checking cabinet to cupboard for her. Zia is quietly hiding behind the boxes and jackets in the coat closet. She takes a peek out the door and sees her parents looking for her in the kitchen. She silently giggles at her fooling her parents and tiptoes away from their distance.

    Sly and Carmelita searches for Zia for over four minutes. They search through any crawlspace and closet for her, but empty. They're starting to get really tired of looking for her. They playful call out for Zia to convince her to come out.
    "Come out, Zia! Playtime is over!" shouted Carmelita in a friendly, singsongy tone. "You won! If you come out, we'll let you eat some cookies out of the cookie jar!"
    "Or we'll make you some bacon cheeseburger omelets for breakfast!" shouted Sly in the same tone. "Here, little foxcoon girl! We won't force you to put on your pajamas!"
    "Please, Zia! You need to be ready for bed! Please, come out! Mommy and Daddy are tired of chasing you!"
     Both Sly and Carmelita hears some squeaking and soft giggling coming from Zia's room. The two look at each other with grinning faces, knowing where their daughter is. They slowly and softly walk to Zia's bedroom to prevent her from knowing their presence and making her want to escape their clutches again. They peek out the door and see Zia riding on her rocking horse, wearing nothing but a cowgirl hat, belt and boots. She's pretending she's a wild west sheriff hunting down villainous robbers trying to pull a heist on a local town bank. She's armed with her toy six-shooter revolver and ready to open fire on any crooks trying to stop her and her trusty horsie, Tulip.
    "Come on, Tulip! Giddy up! We got no good, dirty criminals trying to rob the town bank! We got to stop them! Whee!"
    "Ahh, there you are, you sneaky little nudist." said Sly as he and Carmelita are popping into Zia's room, smirking at her pretend adventure.
    "Oh no, it's the criminals! They're going to get us!"
    Zia fires her toy revolver at Sly and Carmelita's foreheads with two rounds of plastic bullets.
    "Got you, robbers!" she said to her parents while giggling.
    "Well, well, if it isn't the Naked Cowgirl. Trying to stop the robbers from running off with their loot." said Carmelita, joining in the fun. "And it looks like she's got us."
    "You're right. What do we do now? We're captured by the great Sheriff Zia Cooper. Heh-heh."
    "We surrender, Sheriff Zia. Don't shoot. Heh."
    Sly and Carmelita show their hands of surrender, playing along with Zia's game. She shows her joy of capturing the "robbers."
    "Yay! I did it! I saved the bank from the bad guys!"
    "Yay! Good job." said Carmelita, cheering along with Zia. "And it looks like Sheriff Zia is going to celebrate her victory by getting a good, long, restful sleep. With her clothes on."
    "Wait, Carmelita. I want to keep hold of this moment. I should take a picture of this."
    "Ha, what? You want to take a picture of Zia like this?"
    "Come on, Carmy. Doesn't she look cute? This is a golden opportunity for our photo album."
    When Carmelita looks at Zia, she knows that Sly is right. She wants a photo of her.
    "Awwww. She does look really cute. She looks like an adorable naked cowgirl. You should take a picture of this."
    Sly pulls out his camera phone as Zia poses for her photo shot. She aims her revolver at the camera and shows a big open smile on her face. Carmelita is smirking at the cute pose her daughter is showing. Sly takes three shots and complements her daughter's modeling.
    "The camera loves you, Sheriff Zia. You're quite the wild west model."
    Zia puts down her revolver and blows a huge kiss to show her appreciation then holds her head against the rocking horse's head with a wide, closed smile and waging her tail. The parents adore her cute expression and the two said,
    "Awww."
    Carmelita loves Zia's expression so much she wants to take pictures of it.
    "I want to take a few shoots of this."
    She rushes to her room and brings her camera phone and takes some pictures of Zia still posing for them.
    "Wait until we print these off for the family photo album. Out of all the times you running around nude, Zia. This is the most memorable."
    "Yeah, and look. Sheriff Zia has drop her gun. Should we get her, partner." said Sly, winking at Carmelita.
    "Yeah, we should."
    "I don't think so."
    Zia quickly grabbed her toy revolver and starts shooting at Sly and Carmelita. But, she's out of plastic, foam bullets. Leaving her defenseless against the two "robbers."
    "Oopsy." she said.
    Sly and Carmelita grinned at each other, seeing that Sheriff Zia is out of ammo and the two are ready to capture her.
    "What luck, partner Sly." said Carmelita. "Looks like Sheriff Zia is out of bullets and she's got nowhere to go."
    "We finally got her."
    "Oh no." said Zia, seeing her parents ready to get her.
    The mother and father charges for Zia and grabs her off her rocking horse, making her scream with glee. The two carried her to her bed, where they started tickling her mercilessly. Zia laughs uncontrollable as her parents tickle around her belly, ribs and arms without stopping. Sly and Carmelita are celebrating their capture of Sheriff Zia.
    "Looks like we finally captured the famous Sheriff Zia, Carmelita. She can't run away anymore." said Sly.
    "Yeah, this silly little nudist is finally under our hands."
    Zia begs for her parents to stop tickling her.
    "Ha-ha-ha! Mommy! Daddy! Stop it! He-he-he! Please, stop it!"
    "Are you going to stop running around the house with no clothes on?" asked Sly.
    "Okay! okay! I'll stop! Just please stop tickling me! He-he!"
    "Right, Sly. She had enough."
    Sly and Carmelita released Zia from their tickles of torture and Carmelita carries her on her arms.
    "Well, you had a fun night, didn't you, Sheriff Zia."
    "True that, cowpoke." said Zia as she tips her hat.
    "You're the real life of the party, Cupcake." said Sly. "Always love to have fun even when it's bedtime."
    "Yeah. Zia, why you always like to run around naked like a silly girl after bathtime?" asked Carmelita.
    "Because it's fun."
    "Our little baby angel is a free spirit, Carmelita. She likes to run free."
    "Just like her father, a wild and crazy spirit running around like a nudist maniac."
    "Oh, come on. I don't run around with no clothes on for fun."
    "Oh, really? Then tell me why you never wear pants in your 'previous job?'"
    "Very funny. Now, Zia. You had your taste of freedom, now you have to be ready for bed. That includes putting on your pajamas without taking them off."
    "Really, Daddy?"
    "Of course. Look, I'll tell you what. Me and Mommy are going to read you two bedtime stories tonight before you go to sleep."
    "Really? Yay! Bedtime stories!"
    "But, you need to get ready for bed by putting your pajamas on first. And they stay on for the rest of the night." said Carmelita. "Do you want that, Zia?"
    "Si, Mama."
    "Awwww. You're learning Spanish quite as well as your English. That's my little cowgirl. Our silly little cowgirl with a cute little tushie. Why you so silly? Why you so silly all the time?"
    Carmelita nuzzles her nose with Zia's, making the two giggle. Zia stays true with her promise to her parents. She takes off her cowgirl hat, belt and boots and puts on her pink pajamas, finally fully-clothed.

    As Zia went to go brush her teeth, Sly is warming a mug of milk on the microwave and Carmelita picks out two books from the book shelves for her and Sly to read to Zia. Carmelita pulls out "Milo the Ghost Cat and the Bumblebee Princess." A children's book about a cute, little ghost cat who helps his friends and people in need while teaching the important values of friendship, caring and respecting others. And "The Adventures of Captain Rampage: Series 2, the Wrath of Doctor Chimes!", a superhero comedy about a wacky, hyperactive green monkey who battles criminals and villains through crazy and slapstick-style attacks. Zia loves these books and she's very excited that her parents are going to read them to her.
    Zia hopped into bed and Sly gave her the mug of warm milk to help her sleep. After she's done drinking it, Sly takes it back to the kitchen and Zia positions herself in her bed to make herself comfortable. Sly arrives on time to pull up the chairs for him and Carmelita to sit on. The two are ready to read the first bedtime story for their daughter.
    "You ready, Zia?" asked Sly.
    "Not yet."
    "Wait, I got it."
    Carmelita grabs Zia's teddy bear off the floor and gives it to her. She happily cuddles with it as she lies her head on her pillow and waits for her parents to read. Sly and Carmelita take turns on reading the book by each page. Sly reads first.
    "Okay, I'll read the first page. Once upon a time, Milo the Ghost Cat was helping his best friend, Johnna the Guinea Pig, tidy up her vegetable garden to be ready for the Bouncy County Vegetable Contest."
    The first book took 30 minutes to finish and Zia is starting to feel tired, but she's eager enough to hear the second one. It is pretty long, so Zia decided to let her parents read it until she is sleepy.
    Sly and Carmelita read the book close to the end of the first third of it as Zia starts yawning and shutting her eyes. They close the book and put the two back on the shelves. The parents say their good nights to Zia.
    "Ahh, someone's ready for Slumberland." said Sly.
    "We'll read you the rest of the book tomorrow night. Captain Rampage will wait for you." said Carmelita.
    "Okay. Thank you for reading me two bedtime stories, Mommy and Daddy."
    "Thank you for giving us a fun night." said Sly. "Just don't be too wild and silly next bath night."
    "No promises. Good night. I love you, Mommy and Daddy."
    The two parents replied,
    "Love you too, Zia. Good night."
    Both Sly and Carmelita kisses Zia's cheeks then see their little girl cuddle with her teddy bear and shutting her eyes before they turned off the lights and close the door. Zia is really tired after a long and energetic night she had with her mommy and daddy, making her fall fast sleep and leaving a small smile on her face. Showing she's having a good dream.

The end

Zia Cooper is created and owned by Michelle Goff (SkiffyKitten)
Sly Cooper and Carmelita Fox are created and owned by Sucker Punch Productions and Sony.
The books on the shelves in the picture are based on the game series, Uncharted, Infamous: Second Son, Ratchet and Clank and Jak and Daxter who are all owned by Sony.
Milo the Ghost Cat, Johnna the Guinea Pig, Captain Rampage and Doctor Chimes are created and owned by me.