What’s it like parenting Jonah?
Let me give you a small sample.
Okay. So, Jonah made “this” this morning.
He plugged up the sink, turned on the water (hot water, mind you), LEFT the water running, and put all of his Encanto action figures in the water.
Fed up with him losing his little tiny toy “mouse” that accompanied “Bruno,” I told Jonah that if “Mouse” went into the kitchen sink, he would go down the drain and we would never find him again.
To which he screamed at me, “Daddy stop talking!” (I don’t like the words you just said)…
I didn’t want to “escalate” the situation, so I walked away… my eye only slightly twitching as the chances of a flooded house in this situation were not exactly “zero” (as proved in the past).
When I came back a couple minutes later, I saw this.
I thought Jonah had just gotten his toy boat out of the bath tub and put it in the sink.
You guys.
When I took the picture, I didn’t realize this boat’s TRUE purpose, so you can’t actually see it.
But THIS was his solution.
“Mouse” was nice and cozy aboard the toy boat. He got to stay with Bruno and “La Familia Madrigal” who were “playing in the water” without the added risk of being accidentally swallowed by a giant whirlpool down the drain…
🥹
However…
🤨
The toy boat, like all boats, “must be secured.”
You see, Papa ties his boat to the dock, and so “Mouse’s” boat must also be “tied” down…
…to the phone charger. 🤣
…plugged into the wall. 😳
So on one hand, we have eliminated the risk of losing “Mouse” down the drain in putting him on a toy boat…
By creating a much more DANGEROUS risk of possibly being electrocuted, because the boat “needs to be secure.”
From Jonah’s perspective, it’s an acceptable risk, because, I mean…
Hey. At least “Mouse” is safe.
#ausome
(Yes, I went and unplugged the charger. Yes, I was eventually able to turn the water off. No, the house didn’t flood…this time).