Showing posts with label pick your battles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pick your battles. Show all posts

Thursday, March 15, 2012

pick your battles, showers, and shaving cream

It was three o'clock in the afternoon.
I had yet to shower and brush my teeth.
CJ was sleeping and the older boys were playing Lego's.

I silently slipped into the shower and amid the hot water, I heard my name.
I allowed the hot water, soap, and razor to take precedence by simply ignoring the call.

Ten minutes later, I walk out of my bedroom into the kitchen and find.....


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boys covered in shaving cream.

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I took a deep breath and decided to pick my battles. Shaving cream parties held on the kitchen counter are not worth fighting... especially after a long glorious afternoon shower.

I took pictures and we all laughed.
The shaving cream counter party was followed by a 45 minute bath tub party.

so.
worth.
the.
clean.
up.


And if I am completely honest with you (which I am) there is a high probability that the shaving cream counter party will happen again this afternoon. This mama wants to take a shower :)