Remember a couple of weeks ago when I recapped our Christmas activities? I was astonished that Jett chewed up a carrot only to spit it out into my grandma’s beautiful glass pitcher?
It’s just a bizarre thing to do. As a parent, I didn’t think to tell him not to. Yes, he knew he was being naughty, so he didn’t get a pass for my lack of warning, but still.
I had that thought again this week….
Our toilet just wasn’t behaving normally. It sounded weird, it wasn’t flushing effectively, the water levels were off and varying.
Josh did some investigating after the kids had gone to bed and quickly found the problem.
*Someone* had stuck an empty miniature tube of toothpaste in the toilet tank.
The next day, I didn’t remember to ask the boys about it. It just spaced my mind, the toilet was working normally again so I didn’t think of it.
Until later in the day, I had to plunge the toilet… for urine. Urine and an appropriate amount of toilet paper, thankyouverymuch.
I remembered what Josh had found the night before so I removed the tank lid.
Oy vey!
Not only had the tube that Josh found the night before and then deposited into the garbage reappeared in the tank, but *someone* also threw another one in for good measure.
The tubes were wedged under the cap/seal thingy where the water empties into the bowl and was causing the problems. After I removed them, it was working again.
I went into the living room to talk to the boys. I asked them if they had any ideas as to why the toilet wasn’t working. They didn’t know, of course – no idea. And then I pulled the tubes out from behind my back and Jett instantly looked guilty. Jude didn’t seem to have a clue as to why I would be showing him toothpaste tubes, so he was off the hook. And as much as Jace likes to find unusual hiding spots, he’s not strong enough to lift the tank lid off.
Jett promised he would not put anything back there anymore. Maybe he just needed to be told not to.
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