Snow in the Forecast?
On Wednesday Brooke showed me how she makes “snowballs” by wadding up toilet paper into a ball. Knowing the temptation that would surely follow this bout of creativity, I cautioned her to never put a snowball down the toilet because that would surely clog it.
On Thursday I heard shrieks coming from the bathroom. Brooke came running to me yelling, “Something’s happening to our toilet!”
I’m sure you can guess what was happening. A snowball. And the toilet. And water spewing forth from the ensuing clog.
I gathered every towel in the house and mopped up the mess. A very contrite Brooke sprinkled “I’m very sorry,” onto the mess here and there.
I washed the towels. I mopped the bathroom floor. Then I worked to unclog the toilet. That attempt proved unsuccessful and resulted in another explosion involving once again using all the towels in the house (that fortunately had just finished drying…but unfortunately now had to be washed and dried again).
I washed the towels again. I mopped the bathroom floor again. I refrained from wringing necks. Barely.
Moral of the story: Beware of snowballs in September for they may lead to monsoons which no weatherman can predict and no mom wants to clean up after.
And small children are lucky to make it out alive.
September 17, 2011 @ 9:31 am
I loved the word “sprinkled” to describe Brooke’s apologies. These kinds of stories are the ones that make me dread Eli’s upcoming years.
September 17, 2011 @ 8:33 pm
Bless your heart, sweet mama. 🙂
September 19, 2011 @ 6:55 am
Ahhh, the joys of motherhood with such a creative girl as Brooke. Can’t wait to hear Caroline and Spencer’s future antics.
September 19, 2011 @ 11:43 am
That sounded awful!
September 22, 2011 @ 6:11 pm
The phrase “it would surely clog the toilet” must have lurked in her mind. At least now she discovered you were right! lol