Our morning routine....

It used to be so easy to get ready in the morning before we had the girls. I would get up, hop in the shower, brush my teeth, dry my hair, get dressed and be on my way. It was ok when it was just Melanie I had to worry about because I would wait to hop in the shower when Magoo was taking her morning nap (which she has since dropped most days). Now, if I can get in the shower before noon, I consider that a great day. If I can be in there for 5 minutes without something happening, I want to go out to dinner and celebrate. Needless to say, we haven't been out to dinner to celebrate in a long time!

On Monday (Labor Day) Eric went out with his friend Tim for a little bit in the morning so we could go out and do family stuff in the afternoon. So I decided to just go shower and get ready so we could leave when he got back. I had a diet coke on the bathroom counter that Melanie wanted, so she got her stool and got the drink, and left it on the edge of the counter. So, when Little Bit toddled in, I didn't even see her grab the drink off the counter. So a couple minutes later Melanie comes running in saying that Meredith spilled a little bit. I thought she was talking about Meredith's sippy cup, so I just told her to leave it be and I would clean it up when I got out of the shower. Apparently in 3 year old language, that means to stick your hands in the puddles of diet coke and rub it all over the wall! There was diet coke all over the newly cleaned carpet, and now all over the bedroom wall. So I got all of that cleaned up, and then texted Eric telling him that I was going out for a couple hours by myself that afternoon!!

So this morning, I am in the shower, I had Disney Channel on t.v. for the girls, and Melanie comes running in saying she changed the channel and needed Disney back on. I told her I would fix it when I was done in the shower, and she just went out to play with the basket of toys we keep in the room for them. Meredith, I guess, didn't like that, and she came and did her Garfield on the car window impression where she puts her hands and face on the glass of the shower and just watches me....it's really funny looking. I wish I could take a picture, but it would most likely ruin the camera. But today, she stood there banging her head against the shower door, over and over and over again until I got out! It was crazy! I can't believe it didn't hurt her head. Then, she wouldn't move to let me open the shower door. I called to Melanie to get a toy to distract her away from the door so I wouldn't throw her to the ground when I opened it. It took me at least 5 minutes to get out of the shower, and then Meredith stole my towel!!

All I did was laugh...and I know I am going to miss all the chaos that ensues while I am in the shower one day soon when they get bigger!