Swirly — Toddler style
Last week I went down to the basement to move a load of clothes from the washer to the dryer. All was well when I went downstairs. When I came back up about five minutes later, Evan’s hair was wet.
All wet. Like, dripping.
She was happy as a clam, and she and Connor had been playing nicely together all morning, so I wasn’t sure what was up. They were in my room, so I immediately checked the glass of water I keep on my bedside table. It looked fine and was still full. No water on the floor either.
While I was still trying to figure it out, I changed Evan’s diaper… Or at least started to. When I picked her up, her pajama’s were soaked, too! Head to toe.
I was completely puzzled by this one. Andy and Brady had no idea what had happened either. Finally, I asked Connor.
Me: “Connor, why is Evan all wet?”
Connor: “Because.” (His default two-year-old answer.)
Me: “Because why?”
Connor: “Because I play wiff her.”
Me: Thinking, ummm… OK. “Did you put water on Evan?”
Connor: “Yup.”
Me: “Where did you get the water?”
Connor: “Da Toiwet.”
Ewww… Sure enough, the toilet water was low. There was a sponge nearby that I had used to wipe down the bathtub earlier. Eww… yuck!
Needless to say, Evan went right into the bathtub and got scrubbed down. Connor got [punished and] his hands washed and I’m sureI gave Andy and Brady a “talking to” for leaving the bathroom door open. (It’s a rule in our house to shut the door for now-more-than-ever-obvious safety reasons.)
I talked to Nate on the phone after restoring the bathroom to its original state. My darling husband could not stop laughing about Connor’s answer of “da toiwet.” Of course, he wasn’t here and he didn’t have to clean it up… so he would think it was funny. 
April 14th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Maybe it’s because I didn’t have to clean it up either, but I was laughing too!!
April 14th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Evan’s preferred perfume … Eau De Toilette
At least she didn’t drink it….
April 14th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Hate to tell you this, Christa, but I stand with Tim and Nate. I love it when I go to bed grinning at your familes antics.
April 19th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Well, my dear, I have that one beat! Just don’t EVER let a little one bring a drinking straw into the bathroom. I’m not going into details here, but let’s just say that I’m glad we didn’t have the “Tidy Bowl Man” in the toilet at the time!!! EWWWWW!!!!!!!
By the way, she has now outgrown that habit. She uses a glass now….from the faucet!!!!
April 19th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
OK, Beth, you win. That’s gross… but Nate did catch Evan about to dunk her cracker in the toilet last week. Just think… He could have been about 30 seconds later and might have caught her eating a soggy cracker. YUCK!