Adventures In Toilet Paper . . . Decky Style
October 6, 2009 at 10:12 pm | In Day to Day, Declan | 3 CommentsDecky has issues. With toilet paper, specifically. There are two incidents that I’d like to share.
The first one:
I glance into the family room from the kitchen and see the following:
I scold Declan and direct him to pick it up. We have a discussion about WASTING things.
He collects a big portion of the toilet paper, with considerable prompting from me.
And finally, we ball up the paper and leave it on the sink so we can use it slowly over the next few days. However, it is embarrassing when a person unfamiliar with 1) Decky and his antics and 2) my reluctance to waste paper products comes over and uses our bathroom. This is what they find. And because the toilet paper roll is empty, they are forced to partake:
The second one:
One night, as I walk into the master bathroom to get ready for bed, I’m halted by the sight of at least eight rolls of toilet paper stacked in the sink. I direct Kevin’s attention to it. We both agree that it smacks of Decky, and Kevin states, “Well, at least he wasn’t able to turn on the faucet”. Yes, definitely. I walk by the toilet to return the unused rolls to the cabinet and find this:
And here’s a close-up:
Nice, right? I couldn’t help but wonder how many times his hands actually touched pee water during the process of doing this. And Kevin thoroughly enjoyed fishing wet toilet paper out of the toilet at 11:30 at night.
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How can you get mad at a face as cute as that? I would love to be a fly on the wall and see your guests reactions to the paper ball on the counter.
Comment by Laurie — October 7, 2009 #
Ha! Love this story. I remember that you have a thing about paper products, recycling, etc. Waste like that makes me crazy too.
The pics are hilarious!!
I also like the alarm idea. I don’t have kids, but that sounds brilliant. You should write down these ideas and sell them to new parents.
I also like how you award the kids with mini pieces of gum.
Comment by jen — October 14, 2009 #
Ok, so now, at least temporarily, he has moved his obsession from toilet paper to lights and specifically turning on and off the wall switches. Now that he is just tall enough to reach or just not be able to reach the switches, he spends a large part of his day trying to turn the lights on and off…on and off…and again, yes…on and off.
…maybe he’ll be an electrical engineer like his Uncle Nathan or Grandpa Nusz.
Comment by Daddy — October 20, 2009 #