Poopy Job
Last night Seth and I had a twenty - thirty minute discussion concerning the mechanisms of a toilet. He wanted to know why it had a lever for a handle and not a button like at the movie theater.
It was late, he was actually in bed but when he gets a question like this in his head, its like stopping a runaway train. We went into the bathroom, I lifted the lid off the tank and showed him inside and if you could have seen the look on his face... Oh gosh. It was priceless. It was like I had revealed some secret inner-workings of life as we know it. It led us to the computer where we looked up How It Works type of sites and videos.
I'm pretty sure that as of this morning, should the toilet break, he can fix it. I didn't even have to explain much. He saw where the lever connected to and how it lifted the arm which opened the drain, etc etc. We went into the basement where I showed him the pipes and where they led to and he was so completely taken with the whole thing. It was actually entirely awesome and cool. His brain was on overload.
I finally got him back to bed around 8:45pm. I went into the living room and started watching True Blood when around 9:10pm he walks back into the living room and says, "But mom, what happens when the tank gets full? Does the toilet over flow?" Both eyes were squinted and he had the look of a person who had been mulling over a problem for a while. He also looked as though he knew the answer but couldn't believe it was true.
"Well, yeah. Then we have to call someone who comes over and pumps out the tank."
"Mommy! That's really yucky! That's a terrible job! Its a.... a.... poopy job!!!!"
And then he laughed and laughed and laughed.
"Well, they make good money doing that Seth. As well they should!"
He just shook his head and walked away. I didn't hear from him after that.
It was late, he was actually in bed but when he gets a question like this in his head, its like stopping a runaway train. We went into the bathroom, I lifted the lid off the tank and showed him inside and if you could have seen the look on his face... Oh gosh. It was priceless. It was like I had revealed some secret inner-workings of life as we know it. It led us to the computer where we looked up How It Works type of sites and videos.
I'm pretty sure that as of this morning, should the toilet break, he can fix it. I didn't even have to explain much. He saw where the lever connected to and how it lifted the arm which opened the drain, etc etc. We went into the basement where I showed him the pipes and where they led to and he was so completely taken with the whole thing. It was actually entirely awesome and cool. His brain was on overload.
I finally got him back to bed around 8:45pm. I went into the living room and started watching True Blood when around 9:10pm he walks back into the living room and says, "But mom, what happens when the tank gets full? Does the toilet over flow?" Both eyes were squinted and he had the look of a person who had been mulling over a problem for a while. He also looked as though he knew the answer but couldn't believe it was true.
"Well, yeah. Then we have to call someone who comes over and pumps out the tank."
"Mommy! That's really yucky! That's a terrible job! Its a.... a.... poopy job!!!!"
And then he laughed and laughed and laughed.
"Well, they make good money doing that Seth. As well they should!"
He just shook his head and walked away. I didn't hear from him after that.
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