The Office

There was a point in time when Caitlynn referred to the bathroom as "her office." Yes. She's only 10 and considers the bathroom her office.

I'm not surprised considering the amount of time she spends in there every morning. What is she doing in the bathroom for 30 minutes before school? Why does she take 20 minute showers? These are the perplexing questions I have about my daughter. I can figure most other things out. The bathroom situation, I cannot.

The reason I'm so concerned about the bathroom is because it is the busiest room in the mornings. She uses most of the hot water when she takes a shower, leaving me with lukewarm water for my shower (thanks, kiddo). Also, she hates to let Miles in the bathroom so he can brush his teeth. An argument ensues when Miles tries to open the door.

"Get out! I'm in here!"
"I need to brush my teeth! Mama said so."
And then Joe or I will chime in..."Caitlynn! Let your brother in the bathroom!"

Mornings are fun around here.

But... back to my question, "What is she doing in the bathroom?" I can tell from the caked on toothpaste in the sink and hair all over the counters that she isn't cleaning the bathroom. I can only make educated guesses about the happenings in the bathroom. Here are some ideas of what she might be doing in there every morning:

• Applying makeup... but I can never tell. I always figured she come out looking like Tammy Faye the first time she applied makeup herself.
• Giving herself a pep talk... "I'm smart enough. I'm strong enough. And gosh-darnit, people like me."
• Holding board meetings... it is her office, after all.
• Lipsyncing to Lady Gaga or Adele
• Popping zits ... and that's why the mirror is so icky!
• Devising ways to save the world ... a mother can only hope
• Making salad in the shower ... she better not install a garbage disposal under the sink.
• Or .... maybe she is acting like "Simon." She does like to draw. 

But whatever she's doing, she needs to let us in the bathroom. We all need to shower and brush our teeth.

Come on, Caitlynn, let us in! 

Mama said so.



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Musical tastes

It's been tough lately to find time to write. It's not like the kids haven't given me plenty to discuss. Caitlynn has entered "tween-hood" where she likes to shop at the mall with her friends (more on that in a later post) and spend lots of time in the bathroom. Then she asks me silly questions nearly everyday. The other day she asked, "How long have you been stapling stuff?" I know y'all were wondering the same thing. Since my school semester began, my printing and stapling has increased greatly and Caitlynn has taken notice.

Miles has been doing Miles-things. He spent the other evening watching Johnny Bravo. I hope he doesn't turn out to be like Johnny Bravo. Miles has also acquired a few more stuffed animals and asks Joe and I to play with him and his new found friends. Our dog, Pepper, likes the stuffed animals, too. She likes to tear them apart and watch Miles cry. Bad, Pepper. Bad dog.

Lately I've been catching Caitlynn laying in her bed listening to her iPod touch. She's loaded it with music. I drilled her not to long ago about what music she likes. She has pretty good tastes so far. She doesn't like U2 yet (Joe and I "heart" U2). Some day she will discover the greatness of some bands that her dad and I listen to. We like alternative music mostly. She'll follow suit someday, like when she gets to college and starts listening to college radio (if they still have cool college radio stations then).

For now, she really likes Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, ABBA, Adele, Katy Perry, Taio Cruz, and Daniel Powter.  I had to look the last two musicians up on iTunes. Never heard of them. I guess that makes me a full-fledged mom if I don't know who all the young pop singers are. She likes Lady Gaga but not Madonna (OH NO! I love Madge), which seems kind of odd since Gaga is the new Madonna.

Anyway... Glee did a Michael Jackson episode. It was actually very good. I like Michael. Too bad he was a little (ok, very) strange and messed up. He made good music and gave us iconic music videos like Thriller. This aired back when MTV still showed videos all day long and everyone under the age of 22 watched MTV nearly every day.


So, Miss Caitlynn, I know you are reading this post. This video is for you. I'll download some MJ songs soon.








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