Sunday, March 30, 2014

The most useful room in the house

Quiz question: What is the maximum number of persons to be able to effectively use a domestic bathroom simultaneously?
Answer: 5

I am having my end-of-the-day relaxing hot shower to wash away the autumn chill.
Baby ladder is sitting in a bathtub at my foot, playing with his bath toys.
Bobo is standing in front of the my shower glass door, smiling with a blue towel around him. I had just washed him and kicked him out to dry himself.

Cola barged in through the half opened door. "Mami, can you clip this bracelet for me?" (Rainbow loom is all the rage at the moment, Cola and Egg kept on churning out bracelets after bracelets every evening.)
EggEgg followed close behind. "Mami, I don't know where to put the band after this. Can you show me?"
What do they expect? Making bracelets for them while standing in the shower?

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On other hectic days, through the glass shower door, I have listened to their weekly news presentation, or guided them through their home readers. Sometimes, I checked the maths homework answers through the same foggy glass door. Often I resolve disputes and negotiate with the children while still standing under the water.

On other days, cutting Cola's hair while supervising Bobo in the bathtub while listening to EggEgg delivering his news presentation.

Perhaps I should consider putting up a new sign on the bathroom door: "Multi Purpose Room".

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