Well, I wasn't sure what to title this post. It could read: "Why the boys played emergency plumber all day" or "The one sound you never want to hear while sitting with a babe on the breast" or "How to have fun with water inside on a cold Fall day" or maybe "Why the boys need to drink more water"
So here's what happened:
My dear boy did his business like a champ, mom helped him get finished up, then we washed our hands, flushed and left the bathroom. Mom moved on to go nurse Hayden in his room, the boys went to couch to look at library books and await their mom's arrival for some reading time. So, I am sitting in the rocker, enjoying a quiet moment with the baby, when I hear the toilet running. Strange, I thought, since we hadn't heard it doing that in a while. Then I think I hear the faint sound of water trickling. Could that be what it sounds like? Faster than than you can imagine, and while nursing Hayden, I bolted from the rocker and into the hallway, where I was met with the slosh and splash of water around my feet.
In about a split second, I put Hay Baby on the ground in the living room, call Elias to come keep him from crawling into the water, and enlist Asher to go back to the other bathroom for the plunger. While they are carrying out their tasks, I am taking every towel within arms reach, whether it be hanging on a hook or folded neatly in the cupboard, and tossing them all over the ground, making sure that the first place they land is at the top of the stairs which lead down to our newly carpeted stairs and basement. Then I go to the water shut-off, which doesn't seem to be working!! As I fling the last piece of cloth I had grabbed, Asher comes back from the other bathroom. "Where's the plunger?" I ask. "Here," he says as he hands me the TWEEZERS! That's what I get for asking my three-year-old to fetch something he probably has never seen. SO, blinking back the tears of laughter, I make my way through the growing river to get the plunger. With just a few plunges, I begin to see the waters recede!
The upside to all of this drama ... the water was CLEAN!! And, it provided great inspiration for play for the boys. While I put Hayden in the saucer and began the job of mopping up the overflow, the bigger boys raced around the house pretending to call the plumber and re-enacting the flood drama they had just experienced. It really was laughable!
Moral of the story: Make sure the boys are getting enough water so their bodies are working more efficiently (AKA: avoid bodily back-ups, so as to avoid toilet back-ups.)
All in a day's work here at the Mathews' house.
What did you all do today?
Jodi
