My mind said not to

Ethan came to the office while I was working on the computer and he decided he would pull the skeleton key out from the desk and hand it to me. I panick when I see a missing skeleton key because we've already lost one from a cabinet in a move that took some time to have replaced. So when Ethan handed me the key, I asked him, "Ethan, why did you take the key from the desk?" His reply was, "I don't know; my mind told me not to do it but I did it anyways." I was laughing so hard b/c he was so cute. When he referenced his mind, he actually took his pointer finger and placed it on the crown of his head. LOL!

The Toilet is Mad at Me!

Another story featuring Ethan and the toilet. LOL! About a week ago as we were preparing for the day and getting ready for school, Ethan came rushing downstairs to the kitchen screaming and crying. I couldn't understand him at first and eventually I make out, "the toilet is mad at me and it keeps spilling and spilling..." through his cries and sobs. I rush upstairs to find our bathroom flooded with about an inch of water!!! It took about 10 towels, beach towels, to finally get it cleaned up. I am surprised the water didn't leak down to the floor below because there was so much.

Electronics do not like to Swim in the Toilet

Spring break has been glorious for me. MedSurg just wrapped up and I was ecstatic seeing a grade of 91 on my final exam. Never before had I had such anxiety before an exam. I could actually feel my heart palpate as I went to bed the night before. As Spring break comes closer and closer to it's end, I am constantly trying to find motivation to actually get into the basement and spring clean. I was able to do a little yesterday in-between phone calls/texts. I ended up leaving my cell phone in the basement and forgot to grab it as I left to pick Brian up from school and Ethan from day care. It felt weird not having my phone with me. Over the years it seems to have become a part of my daily life and I felt naked without it. Anyways, after collecting the children, we went to visit my parents for about an hour before heading back home. Once home, Ethan got upset with Katheryn and told me she pushed him. She hadn't but Ethan was adament that she had and when I didn't punish her, he became frustrated and screamed and eventually told me Katheryn had put his Nintendo DS in the toilet. I told him she would never do such a thing. Minutes later, he came back screaming some more about his DS being in the toilet. I sent Katheryn upstairs to check and sure enough...his DS was in the toilet! I didn't have time for this. I was rushing to make lasagna for dinner and get Brian ready for CubScouts. I had 10 minutes before we had to leave. I tossed Ethan's DS into a bowl of rice, threw the lasagna in the oven and loaded the kids into the van. Brian managed to get his Cub Scout shirt on and I had grabbed his kerchief, clip and hat on the way out the door. We were 10 minutes late to the meeting. As we entered the room, I quickly threw Brian's kerchief on around his neck. I still hadn't grabbed my phone and figured I would check it once I got home. When we arrived home, my mission was to find my phone. It wasn't where I had left it. Katheryn recalled seeing it in the basement so she went to grab it. It wasn't there. Hmmmm. Where could it be? I used Katheryn's phone to call it and Katheryn went searching. She heard my phone ringing in the bathroom..unfortunately it was in the toilet. The toilet was lit up with every ring from the phone. It had to have been in the water for at least 2 hours. I thought it was doomed. I quickly grabbed towels and a hair dryer and dismantled the phone. I threw it into the bowl of rice that the DS was already sitting in. Ethan still denies throwing either one into the toilet. I was able to revive my cell phone however, the DS is not working still. It may be beyond repair. Ofcourse, this is not the first time Ethan has done this. We just recently had Katheryn's cell phone replaced because Ethan decided he wanted to see if it would float in the toilet. And Matt's blackberry issued by work took a dive in some Cherry snocone syrup...courtesy of Ethan. He doesn't know that what he has done is wrong. He's just a boy being a boy I guess but I surely cannot wait until he grows out of this. A friend shared with me an acronym for the name Ethan. "Everything Trouble Has a Name....ETHAN!" lol.