monkey boy

I’m sure you’ve all noticed the new avatar for Matt. Apparently, he left the story to me!

All of our children are hands on learners. My house is never clean no matter how hard I try, due to this lovely learning style.

So most babies like to play in toilets, but Joshua, who just turned 15 months likes to play IN toilets.

The first time this happened, I was out with the ladies for the evening. When I got home Matt was totally frazzled. He had been trying to get computer stuff done and keep up with the little messes left everywhere by each child.

Matt was fuming as he told me that Joshua had climbed into the toilet. I just started laughing and couldn’t stop. I asked him if he’d taken a picture. He hadn’t, but Sara was the one that fished him out of the toilet. Later Matt admitted that it was pretty funny. Then he proceeded to tell me that he was sure Josh wouldn’t mind if I put him back in the toilet to take his picture.

As bad as I wanted the picture to blackmale him later in life, I couldn’t bring myself to putting him in the toilet.

So the next day I was on the phone with a friend and told her about Joshua’s toilet bath and we got a good laugh together. Then I heard Josh sounding frantic and starting to cry. I rushed to check on him and lo and behold, there he was, sitting indian style in the toilet and couldn’t move. I grabbed the camera and as I laughed, he calmed down and started to giggle, too.

Now this may have reinforced a bad behavior, but I have records for all of our posterity to enjoy. He still climbs in, but has learned not to sit down. He’ll stand in there, and dunk something of great importance (my alarm clock, the remote control) and then climb back out. Soon we realize that his ankles and feet as well as several spots on the carpet are soaked.

Elijah has become our potty patrol. He guards the doors and drags Joshua out of the bathroom when needed. What a good helper!

All of our children have done something of tremendous magnitude to frustrate their ever loving parents. Joshua being the fourth has had to be extra create.