Toilet Troubles

So from the title you'd think this would be about potty training again. And, I guess, in a way it is.

You find some of the most disgusting things in a toilet, but my Will is the most creative about toilet creations. This past summer he found a washcloth on the side of the tub and told me "I flushed that cleaner thingy". You what? What thing? Oh! The washcloth is gone! Luckily the toilet ate it with out any trouble.

Lately he has again had a fascination with flushing things, and the toilet had indigestion.

I had some sponge bob Dixie cups left over from a birthday party a few years back. I thought the boys might enjoy them to use after brushing their teeth. Will used them to put upside down in the sink and turn the water on full blast and soak the bathroom with its spray. More recently he had decided they would be fun for dunking in the toilet. Jack found him flushing one in the toilet to which we explained he couldn't do.

Well last night Jack and Lewis were playing video games in the basement, I was feeding Ella, and Will was supposed to be going poop. Hm... Flush..."what are you doing Will?" Flush... "Will!, What are you doing?" Flush... Ahhh, do I have to get up?

I walk into the bathroom to see water to the brim of the toilet and a Dixie cup floating at the top in a mixture of brown and yellow toilet water with bits of toilet paper. Too descriptive? I'll let you clean it up. Anyway. Thankfully I walked in at that moment or it would have gotten even worse.

I pull him off the toilet and make him sit on the floor. I should've wiped his butt first because there is still a small bit of poop in the carpet. I fish the cup out and start plunging like mad but it won't budge. After about 5 plunge cycles it lets loose to a slight trickle. How many cups did you flush?!? I'm guessing 3, but I'm not even sure.

We send the kids to bed, its after bedtime anyway, and Lewis keeps working on it. We are able to flush water only, but nothing else. I'm glad I have a second bathroom.

I call my dear old dad, a plumber from childhood, and he is going to try and help us today. I'm so glad he was coming up anyway.

This kid will do about anything. I sure hope that vast inquisitiveness is put to good use as an adult.