Never Leave a Toilet Unattended - Sarah
So the carpenters removed some of the debris from the yard today, including the old tub and toilet. When they picked up the toilet, one of them commented that it would be lighter without the water in it. It rained yesterday and today, so I wasn't surprised that there was water inside. The shit in it did surprise me.
It only took a few seconds for me to realize that Ethan must have been playing outside at some point and needed to use the bathroom. Instead of going inside, he used the handy-dandy outside one. Amazingly, there was even toilet paper in it, so he must have used it, gone inside and gotten paper, come outside and wiped, and then closed the lid and gone back to playing.
You know, in all the child-rearing books, not one bothers to tell you that you need to explain to your almost-5-year-old that toilets only work when they're hooked up to the wall.
-Sarah
It only took a few seconds for me to realize that Ethan must have been playing outside at some point and needed to use the bathroom. Instead of going inside, he used the handy-dandy outside one. Amazingly, there was even toilet paper in it, so he must have used it, gone inside and gotten paper, come outside and wiped, and then closed the lid and gone back to playing.
You know, in all the child-rearing books, not one bothers to tell you that you need to explain to your almost-5-year-old that toilets only work when they're hooked up to the wall.
-Sarah