A is for Apple -T is for Toilet – P is for Plumbing Problems

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I could write a short long book on what that cute kid in the picture has done to make his parents age.

This is my nephew.  My brother is eight years older than I am, and started his family young, so I was an auntie at the age of 12.  Between my parents, two other siblings and myself we spent a. lot. of time with my nephews and niece.  There was one particular summer that my brother, his wife and my parents always seemed to be working at the same time – so my sister and I were left with the kiddos.  If I recall correctly, this was the summer before my nephew started kindergarten.

He is nothing if not a problem-solver, and he solved a problem one summer day by using the plumbing in an innovative way.  He flushed an apple down the toilet.  Not a core, not a half eaten one, but an apple with just one bite taken out of it.

When you’re in high school charged with watching three kids under six years old, and NOT getting paid for it, you might be a bit distracted by say the telephone or a game of solitaire (hey, this was before texting and smart phones!).  And when you tell a four and a half year old that he has to finish his apple before he gets a popsicle, and then about ten seconds later you hear the toilet flush, you don’t immediately make the connection.

Actually you don’t make the connection until you step into the back hall where the bathroom is and there is a lake of water there instead.  And then you realize you might have to explain some plumbing problems to your parents when they get home.

This little boy is all grown up now and he’s graduated from flushing apples down toilets to car accidents and motorcycle escapades.  Yep, the fun never ends.

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