Warning! Possible TMI Alert! …. I grew up in a house of five females 5 days out of the week. My dad travelled so much, he was only around on weekends for the most part. Shutting the bathroom door when doing #1 was generally optional in our house.  Fast forward 25 years and I still find that habit hard to break (unless company is over, of course!). But a year or so ago, we began teaching the girls about “privacy.” They were getting old enough that we don’t want them running naked through the house, peeing in front of boys, and now that we have our own little boy in the house, it’s time we ALL learned some modesty. Mommy included. (Don’t worry, Daddy ALWAYS had modesty!)

But the other day, I forgot. I had to go sooooooooooooooooooo bad! The girls were in the den watching TV and I came running in to our spare bathroom next to the den, sat down and started, well, peeing. Lake comes over to the door and says — “Rule No. 75, Mommy! Shut the door when you’re going to the bathroom!” And then shuts the door. I don’t know what stunned me more …. that I got reprimanded or that I got reprimanded with a RULE! She taught me a few more random rules later that day, but I was honestly laughing so hard, I don’t remember them.

I hope Lake stays on this Rule kick for a while. This could be good fodder for the blog. Stay tuned!