The Amazing Shower Curtains

 We now live in the largest house that we have ever inhabited as a family.  Our house in California had two bathrooms, one with a tub/shower and one with a shower.  Our apartment in France had two toilet rooms, one bathroom, and one shower room.  The house we were renting when we moved back to the United States had only one full bath and an additional toilet in the basement.  So, when we bought our new house in Virginia, we ended up with an excessive number of showers (3).  This meant that we had to acquire some shower curtains.  The only curtain we had was a random white one.  I do not know when we acquired it, but it was quite old.  We might have used this when the kids were little in California.  

Bathroom Number 1: Old White Shower Curtain, New House Bathroom

White Sink, White Shower Curtain

Fortunately, Dan's sister, Angela, saved us from the monochromatic design trauma with this beautiful Japanese sakura-printed shower curtain.

Bathroom Number 1: New and Improved Shower Curtain

Feel Happy Color

This is not the only shower that was decorated with family assistance.  Dan's mom brought over some shower curtain options that were left from when she and Dan's dad recently moved to a smaller home.  We picked this one for our downstairs bathroom.

Bathroom Number 2: Gray and Blue Growing Flower

Growing Flower Pattern

But we had one final bathroom to equip with a shower curtain.  The main floor of our house, in the hallway, had a third bathroom.  This one is the primary bathroom of the house.  It is the one that the kids use since it is near their bedrooms.  It is also the one that guests would use if they were visiting on the main level.

Should we continue the theme of colorful flowers on shower curtains?  

No.  We thought we would be cool parents and let the children choose their own shower curtain.  However, they aren't very good at interior decorating yet.  Or shopping on amazon for something to decorate with.  Here are the options they came up with:

This Guy

AMARE-I-CA!

Space Cat Llama Unicorn Pizza Burrito

My sister, Robin, also participated with some space-cat options.

Real Shower Curtains!

In the end, we overruled all of them and purchased a shower curtain that demonstrated Alex's love of cats, his favorite weapon in Minecraft, Will's birthplace of Japan, and everyone's love of narwhals.