I just finished taking a bath. I don’t mean just any bath. I mean a big girl bath, one without any kiddos. For those of you with kids, you know what I am talking about.
First, I go in and turn on the IPod to Choo Choo Soul. No wait, I said NO kids. I can listen to anything I want. My choice, Michael Jackson Dangerous album. Next, I turn on the water to lukewarm, pour in tearless baby wash and pull out the color dots. Wait, Wait…..tonight it can be scalding hot clear water with the scent of my vanilla cupcake bubble bath. AHHHHH…I get in, slowly of course, don’t want to burn myself. I lean back and take in the smell…Yummy! If only for tonight, I get to relax and enjoy the bath. I don’t get shot in the forehead with water by any bath toy that can be filled with water. I don’t watch as my little boy stands to pee in the bath I am marinating in and then giggle as if he did the funniest thing ever. (Gross I know, but what do you do?) I just lay there and relax enjoying the music and for the first time in a while I feel like a woman. I actually start to get a little groove on while I shave my legs to “Why you want to Trip on Me.” (Yes, of course I end up cutting myself. Never dance while shaving.) As I step out of the bath, I actually get to dry completely off before chasing a little wet boy throughout the house trying to get his PJ’s on. Tonight, even as I step into my granny panties and nursing bra I feel SEXY! It’s nice to have a moment to remember I can smell like something other than spit up.
Bath time being over, I walk into the living room where my husband is with my son and 5mo old daughter, and once again I am mommy. I realize instantly that I can’t imagine anything else I would rather be!! But, just for that moment, it was nice to be reminded I am more than that too.
Bath? I think I need to look that one up to find the definition.
Sounds so wonderful tho! hee hee
Nice to feel like a woman every now and then huh?
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good for you!!! yes we can be mommies and be pretty too – sometimes it just takes a lot of work to find the time!
Oh I would love a bath but usually I wait until the 2nd trimester. I am dying to take one though…boy would that help! Yours sounds wonderful! Cute blog! I am following you on Twitter and your blog!
good for you for taking a bath – i'm jealous : )
I'm going through a period right now where I completely forget what to do when my kids aren't around. Good for you for carving out some alone time. Now, go get that facial!!
Sounds divine! My friend Gretchen and I are meeting with our families in our hometown this week…and then escaping to a local spa for facials and massages! We all deserve a moment like this now and again!
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO jealous. The last time I soaked in a tub, I was in labor!
That sounds so good that I think I need a bath right now. Does it have the same effect at 8:44 am? Vanilla cupcake bubble bath??? Yum and Ahhhhhhhhh!
Baths are good anytime of the day in my opinion!
Ulta brand and it smells so yummy…
How lovely. I am in need of a uninterrupted bath, sounds like heaven!
I bet that felt like heaven… I so love to have a "me time" once in a while to relax myself from being a working mommy.
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Dancing is for the showers, don't you know? I like to do the Running Man or MC Hammer moves in the shower. Of course, I did fall one time bustin' a move. Not pretty. I'm glad you had your own time to feel like a woman again. That is so critical to our mental well being. LOL at your granny panties. I just bought new bras after THREE YEARS and I had a little ceremony to celebrate. I lined up the old bras, execution style and tossed them in the trash. I wrote a whole post about how it made me sexy again. Hey whatever it takes, right!