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Paris has been playing in the toilet so much we thought he might be trying to tell us that he was ready to use it. Then we came across this video and weren’t so sure:
I found the following items stuck up my toilet drain last night:
1/2 a pencil
1 nail brush
1 contact lens case
3 tooth brushes
and last but not least:
A bottle of contact lens solution (120 ml)
The funny thing is the toothbrushes went missing a week ago, and the toilet was working fine until last night! Both Paris and Kaia informed us that they were “down toilet” with gleeful giggles, but the toilet flushed, so I thought the brushes were either long gone or somewhere else.
After a week I really wanted to brush my teeth so I put on a rubber glove and stuck my hand down the toilet. Just joking! I actually spent $65 (really $65 ugh!) on new toothbrushes and toothpaste the day before. I thought the electric ones would be harder to loose.
My question is what did they actually manage to flush away? Is that where Tyler’s cell phone went?
Cassius expressed his frustration with the library rules with a little self prescribed art therapy. The boys were being very respectful and quiet so I can see why he was upset with getting in “trouble.” I wasn’t surprised though because the librarian is a real dragonlady; even the adults are scared of her. Thankfully most librarians encourage kids to use the library.
Cassius’s Story: So, I was just standing next to my friend, Joe, watching him play on the Library computer while I was eating an apple. Then the Librarian Poo said “No Food!” and I had to give the apple to my Mom. When I came back the Librarian said , “there are a lot of rules for these computers, and one of them is, no standing behind the person on the computer.”
Paris’s drive to learn is such an integral part of his personality, I can’t imagine it fading as he gets older or ever having to force him to learn anything. He has a strong desire to be big and capable.
Paris brings the phrase “I DO IT!” to a whole new level. It’s not enough for him to dress himself & feed himself. He wants to cook dinner, wash the dishes, do the laundry and take the garbage out too. Of course he wants to open and shut all gates and car doors and press all the elevator buttons. He not only wants to do things himself he want to do everything I’m doing. If I’m writing, he wants my pen and he wants my paper, and he will try to wrestle it out of my hand. I try to include him but that’s not really what he’s after.
I had to ask Tyler how it felt to have a another man in the house after Paris demanded the “REMOTE!” after we had turned on the TV. All the way to Grandma’s house last night he cried and screamed, “Stop!Stop! I drive car!” This kid isn’t satisfied with being in the passenger seat and I don’t imagine he ever will be.
