Revisiting bath time

I know I just talked about this a couple of days ago but I need to put to rest any thoughts that I might have been exaggerating. Last night- both the girls were at a friend's house in the back of the neighborhood and Brad and Brandt were in the middle of a MLB 2k10 tournament- the perfect time to take advantage of the quiet and take a bath. I slipped upstairs and no sooner had I turned the water off- I hear the front door open, the girls walk in and Kenzie say"Dad- where's mom?" (I am not making this up) How they knew I was in the bath when they weren't even in the house is beyond me- but they have like a sixth sense for this, I'm telling you.
Well, Brad read my last post about the bath and was slightly offended at his being portrayed as one who is not sympathetic with my battle for quiet time- so he begins to talk to Kenzie and tries to distract her from coming to disrupt the bath- but see- and here is the rookie mistake he makes..he doesn't realize Kenzie's not the actual attack on the bathtime...she's just the diversion.
While he's busy "stopping" Kenzie- Halle sneaks up the stairs and before Brad even knows what's happened- I have had an entire discussion on Halle's current hairstyle and how it can be better fixed in the future and am in the middle of reliving her cheer exhibition from that day.( Did I miss the exhibition, you ask? No- I made my third trip to the school yesterday just to see the cheerleaders perform. This is more like a highlight video without the actual video.) We are into cheer number 3- Brad's favorite, according to Halle, when Brad finally realizes his line of defense has been compromised. (I think it was the incessant jumping up and down on the hard woods upstairs that gave it away)
See, we're the parents and we think if we work together- we can win- but we can't. It's an exercise in futility- it just wears us down to try. I will never have an uninterrupted bath time. I have accepted this. When the kids leave home, you say...but I know better. They're little bathtime terrorists and they will use any means necessary- they will drop in to visit or call with an emergency (like how to make a grilled cheese sandwich or what to do if you've turned all your white laundry pink). They will stop at nothing.