Showering with Barbie
Had it really been 2 days since I last showered?UGH.
Truth be told, it was TIME.
You know you have that feeling like, I cannot wait one more
So as perfect timing had it, I was home mid-day with K. Blerg.
Bribery works, so I grabbed her favorite snack and drink, put on a Strawberry Shortcake flick and grabbed my robe.
I thought, oh yeah, I have a good 20 minutes before she'd come knocking.
Just as I'm adjusting the water to HOT, I hear footsteps, then the door opening.
"Wutcha doin'?"
Um honey, mommy's in the shower.
"Me want to take one too."
You don't like showers, you can have a bath tonight.
pulling the curtain back "Mommy, you taking a shower wiss my Darbie?"
Clearing the shampoo out of my eyes, Um, I guess, as I see her on the shelf by my razor.
Honey, you're missing your movie, mommy will be out in a minute!
"My don't want to watch dat."
Great.
"Mommy you wash my Darbie's hayur, it's duhtee."
I'm on it.
Scrubbing away as quickly as possible, I dream of long hot showers and babysitters.
"Mommy you done?"
Almost! As I frantically rinse the soap out of my hair and attack my pits with the razor, trying not to cut myself up.
I shut the water off and grab my towel.
4 minutes, maybe 5. Sigh.
So not what I had in mind.
K walks out of the bathroom.
Where ya goin' K?!
"To watch my movie!!"
Figures.
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May 1, 2009 at 4:29 AM
Totally sounds like all my bathroom experiences...good to know I am not alone!
May 1, 2009 at 4:44 AM
Too funny!!! I'm still enjoying long showers...but I have to wake up at 6:30am in order to do so.
May 1, 2009 at 4:52 AM
That has happened to me so many times- I know how you feel. Think Mother's Day is next week maybe you can get a 20 minute shower than:)
May 1, 2009 at 4:57 AM
lol!! so typical!
May 1, 2009 at 5:31 AM
lol, I can so relate to this! And after those 4 minute showers you never really feel clean.
May 1, 2009 at 5:35 AM
Yay, I'm first... And... Have you been spying on me? ;-) I'm right there with ya sistah... Down to the hairy pits...
May 1, 2009 at 5:43 AM
Oh I have so been there! Connor use to do that to me ALL the time when he was younger! If I were you I would have gotten back in! Kendall hates it when I take a shower! She stands right outside the shower and screams and cries the whole entire time! Nice Huh??
May 1, 2009 at 6:07 AM
LOL too funny. Naptime and midnight are the only options for showering around here too.
May 1, 2009 at 6:39 AM
Ha! I don't miss that part. I have to talk through the door at one of the kids at least once but they don't walk in on me anymore.
May 1, 2009 at 7:50 AM
I am so with you! I love a hot, quiet shower with no little feet in or anywhere near the bathroom. "Darbie optional."
May 1, 2009 at 8:05 AM
ROFLMAO!!! knock on wood, right?! only your kid can come in and change what you had in mind. sometimes we understand things like these happen...we don't know why...but know at that moment she was really saying to you in a different way..."mommy i love you!"
safe hugz!
May 1, 2009 at 9:03 AM
I remember those days very, very well! Now, with three teen age boys in the house, it's more a matter of actually gaining access to the (one!) bathroom at all!
May 1, 2009 at 9:14 AM
Isn't that how it always works? Why is the bathroom so intersting when Mommy is in there? My husband always gets to have a shower in peace!
May 1, 2009 at 9:48 AM
LOL! This reminds me of my husband. My girls are always leaving a multitude of Barbies in the shower and he always says he never dreamed he would have this many women at one time in the shower.
May 1, 2009 at 11:04 AM
You are so good- did you really wash Barbie's dirty hair??
May 1, 2009 at 11:20 AM
LOL that was too cute!
May 1, 2009 at 12:18 PM
lol I love how she talks.
And I hope you get a nice hot shower, better yet, a nice hot bath soon!
May 1, 2009 at 12:23 PM
This post reminds me of one I wrote in March called "A Shower for Your Thoughts." Did you know that showering is one of those activities that opens your brain up to aha moments and epiphanies? Maybe that's why I feel like I've lost my mind!!
May 1, 2009 at 12:28 PM
You had a whole 5 minutes to take a shower alone???
I remember when my oldest was 3 , I taught her to shave my legs for me in the shower...figured if she was gonna be in there with me, she may as well learn a profession.
May 1, 2009 at 1:59 PM
I can't wait for the day when I can go pee pee by myself.
It will be the best day evah!
I hope you get a much deserved 30 minute shower ALONE very soon!
Happy Weekend!
May 1, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Hahahaha-I shower w/Barbie too!
May 1, 2009 at 3:49 PM
LOL...and you even have her little voice and words down. Great post :)
May 1, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Oh man, I remember those days...
Hey, wait a minute! I still have those days. I still can't have a shower in silence and alone, and my kids are 11 and 14!!!
May 1, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Sorry! Hopes for a more enjoying shower tomorrow!
May 1, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Barbie in your shower, BG in Sue's tub...what is the blogging world coming to?!
This post made me truly appreciate my hot shower today...I got to shave my legs and even condition my hair for the suggested 3-minutes!
Little ones interrupting a much needed shower? "You're Gonna Miss This"...sings Trace Adkins...um, not so much!
May 1, 2009 at 11:06 PM
That is so funny.
It's a good thing God made them so cute ")
May 2, 2009 at 5:13 AM
Oh how I dream of uninterrupted showers too. One day we'll get there.
May 2, 2009 at 2:17 PM
As you know, I only have 1 kiddo, and she is 12, but I too seem to never find uninterrupted time for a shower. I hate when it gets to that moment where you just can't wait one more second.....
May 2, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Those days are a long ago memory for me, thank God! :)
May 2, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Funny! I do remember those days!
May 2, 2009 at 6:20 PM
I know just how you feel.
Izzy wants me to watch her movies with her. She totally doesn't get that I need to do something else when they are on!
May 3, 2009 at 4:30 AM
Too funny! I don't have kids at the door any more, but the cat will scream if the door's closed and he's not in there with me! lol He doesn't like closed doors anywhere in the house. lol
May 3, 2009 at 5:59 AM
Story of my life. I haven't taken a shower longer than 5 minutes in about 3 years.
May 3, 2009 at 2:53 PM
LOL.
If I tell you my episodes, it will be TMI :D
May 3, 2009 at 6:10 PM
LOL!! I shower in front of a live studio audience daily. I figure my shorter shower time is "greener" :)
Glad Barbie's hair is clean.
May 4, 2009 at 6:30 AM
We have a glass shower and my four year old Carson will stand outside of it while I'm showering and start asking a million questions. Kind of creepy being watched while you shower, even when it's your own child lol!
May 4, 2009 at 6:12 PM
HA HA HA HA HA HA .... sounds like my house, only I have learned to lock the door after harassing everyone with "do you need to go potty, are you SURE you don't need to go potty" before going in. But it never fails. ::knock knock:: "MOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM" ... I told Dennis the other day that I was going to take a screaming Nathan and drop him right outside the bathroom door and go read a book ... so he can not enjoy HIS shower...
May 4, 2009 at 8:27 PM
dude, i get a shower every day no matter WHAT.
trisha
momdot.com
May 5, 2009 at 6:23 AM
LMAO! That is so typical.
May 6, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Yeah, a shower every two days sounds about right. I honestly never thought it'd be like that - after the totally needy infancy stage was over - but then I had three kids. And now? I look in the mirror and say, hair's good enough to go to work, I don't smell, I'm too damn tired to get in the shower let alone maneuver that bloody hairdryer above my head for twenty minutes. Yeah, shower can wait.