No More Showers With Superman

For more than half of our time living in this house, we have used only one of our two bathrooms (at least the shower part).  Our master shower sprung a leak back in 2010, and after three estimates of over $4K to fix it, we decided we could be a one-bathroom family.  It really hasn't been that big of a deal most of the time to shower in the kids bathroom, but there are the little annoyances: walking between bathrooms to get towels, stepping around or cleaning up bath toys, having NO privacy (since little boys pay no attention to the closed door when nature calls).  It has been a challenge when we all come in from camping or swimming and everyone needs a bath/shower at once.  And, of course, there is Superman.  For many months, Ethan's favorite toy was this little plastic Superman that he toted with him everywhere, including the bath.  I can't tell you how many times my shower has been interrupted by stepping on Superman, fishing him out of the tub, or doing a Superman hand-off in the middle of my shower when Ethan suddenly realized where he'd left his favorite toy.

For the past few weeks, we have had a contractor at our house renovating both of our very dated bathrooms.  As of three days ago, we now have not one but two fully-functioning showers, as well as two beautiful, easy-to-clean bathrooms.  To say I'm excited is an understatement.  The bathrooms are GORGEOUS and I love them.  Ethan is just as excited as me: he loves the new counter tops, the additional sink in his bathroom ("his" sink), and, most of all, the built-in child seat on the toilet (an idea we got from Mimi's new toilets).  Caleb is just happy not to have to look for a contractor-free bathroom in order to use the toilet, but Ethan exclaimed over every shiny, new thing, right along with me.  Enjoy the pictures!

BEFORE, Master Bath 

(I never got a picture of the inside of the old shower, but it was those little white square tiles and had a low shower head and low ceiling.  Marcus had to bend over to get under the water.)

 

AFTER, Master Bath 

(Mirror still needs to be mounted, but other than that, it is finished :)

 

The contractor removed the shower ceiling and raised the shower head.

BEFORE, Kids' Bath

(The counter tops in both bathrooms were this strange surface of tile-ish leaf shapes embedded in concrete.  They were very hard to clean and never looked good, even when clean.)

 

 AFTER, Kids' Bath