I'm sure everyone's kids can do crazy things, but we usually see the best side of families out in public and all of the craziness typically goes on within the confines of the home. Sometimes, however, my children just baffle me. I suppose I can understand when they do something ridiculous if it can hold any kind of logic, like burning ants with a magnifying glass or climbing on top of the entertainment center to jump off onto the sofa, but some things just defy logic, even in the mind of a child.
Take today for instance. We had small holes in the walls of both the kids' bedrooms from the doors opening too hard, and I hadn't previously had a chance to run to the store for plaster to fix them. The unfortunate thing is that they happen to be at the same spot in both rooms so that there's a nice little peep hole to look from one room to the other. Well, somehow they decided it would be fun to put a blanket through the hole and play tug-of-war, and now instead of two small holes we have two gaping crevices that can almost fit their heads...which, in fact, they tried today with the Nisha's head. Thankfully it didn't quite fit.
The youngest, Nisha, also thought it would be fun to pour liquid laundry detergent all over one of their giant teddy bears. You know, one of those that's too big to fit inside of the washing machine, so we're going to have to figure out some other way to clean it. Maybe it'll rain again soon and we'll just put it outside. It's not in the forecast, but if I wash my car it'll be bound to happen. Maybe we'll wash both cars just to be safe. Well, if we wash the cars at a car wash then maybe I can just use the power washer to wash the bear. I'll figure out something.
Then the two girls though it would be funny to stuff another smaller teddy bear in the training toilet. Thankfully they haven't used it in a few months, but being a germaphobe I can't stand even the thought of it.
And to top it off, Nisha has some odd obsession with the toilet. She loves playing with toilet paper, and is singly responsible for clogging the toilets numerous times with all sorts of various non-flushable items. Today she seemed to think it would be interesting to use a cup to get water out of the toilet and dump it on the floor in her bedroom. My germaphobia was in overload over that one, and I can still feel the germs on my feet from walking through the toilet water-soaked carpeting at the entrance of her room.
I was a rambunctious young child, but I can't ever remember doing such outrageously destructive things. I hope they grow out of it soon, or it'll be less expensive to bulldoze the house and build anew rather than repair this one. I'll be happy if they can at least hold off for another year or so until we move into a bigger house with a new canvass for their motley ways.
Nevertheless, I love them and love every second I get to spend with them, even if they are making my hair grow prematurely gray. It's good that we can look back on days like today and still love our kids more than ever. I have to remember that I'm much more fortunate than most dads as I get to spend all day with them because of our business, and I'm thankfully often reminded how lucky our family is.
