Curious Kids: Stupid Comes Before Smart
By: Keith
My vacuum cleaner broke today, and I went to Target to get a new belt for it. I don’t go anywhere without the boys though so they came along too. And they don’t go anywhere without at least one toy so they brought along their army men. As I was walking through the aisles Neil came up and said “Look, Daddy, an army man ring!”, and he showed me his finger and the army man that he had managed to affix to it. “Nice, Neil. Can you get it off?” Pause for effect – “Um… .” No, he couldn’t get it off. I tried to gently pull it past his knuckle, no luck. His brother offered to try, but Neil ungraciously declined. The kicker to the story is that the Army man belongs to Alan, and Alan really wanted it back in one piece. He didn’t like it one bit when I told Neil I’d cut it off when we got home. Instead Alan decided it would be better to cut Neil’s finger off to save the army guy! That’s some serious sibling love there. It turned out to be a simple solution, not requiring amputation or army man sacrifice, just some soap and water. This isn’t the first time my kids have gotten into trouble because of their curiosity.
1. Rocks up the nose: Neil shoved pebbles up his nose when he was 3 “because they fit.”
2. Chinese finger trap: Who would have thought there were people who couldn’t figure it out?
3. Butt first in the clothes hamper: Neil put Alan, legs up and butt down, in our clothes hamper and left him there. Getting him out was surprisingly difficult.
4. Locked in an End Table: We have an end table, with a door for books, that is self latching. Neil crawled in, the door shut on him, and we had to follow the screams around the house until we found the source.
Those are some things my kids have done to themselves. They aren’t overly spectacular compared to the predicaments that some kids find themselves in, but they do demonstrate the capricious actions of our kids and the troubles they cause. What strange or humorous fix have your kids gotten themselves into? Here is the picture of the army man incident.
Neil's Soldier Ring
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Years ago, my cousin got her head stuck in the banister. We couldn’t get it out. Neighbor came up the stairs with a hacksaw. The girl screamed because she thought that he was going to cut her head off.
Locked in the end table sounds fun.
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This is just hysterical. And curious boys – solo or in tandem – do come up with a few mighty strange things. Love the army ring!
Fortunately, most of the “curious” happenings around our household over the years haven’t involved many trips to the ER. Usually just destruction of walls (how hard do I have to throw a ball against the wall before it cracks, and how many times, and how soon before Mom figures out what I’m doing?) – not to mention countless smelly concoctions in pots when they were pre-schoolers, which – fortunately – no one ate… though left hidden, the chemical reactions that take place over the course of days renders some of the containers unusable ever again.
Boys. Fun.
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Oh yeah – there was also the episode when one put the other in the dryer. OMG. When I found out, 18 new grey hairs, and some serious time-out.
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Wolf, Stuffed in the dryer is definitely a grey hair producing event! My boys keep asking if they can make dinner for me. I’m so scared of what they want to do (speaking of pots and pans).
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When my boys were little, I was cleaning their room one day and found tampons (unused of course) which had long since been ejected from their little containers. When I asked them what they were doing with them, they told me they were missiles. LOL Great blackmail material now that they are older. muahahahaha
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Joan. You have blackmail material for as long as they live!
When I was in 2nd grade my friend Colin tied my neck, yes my neck, to a chair. It took the teacher 10 to 15 minutes to get me out.
Great post.
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William. That’s one I’ve never heard before
Now, how in the world did you concede to allow your neck to be tied to a chair!? LOL
Have I mentioned that I really like how your boys go everywhere with you? That is awesome.
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