true boy tales: A new low

Monday, October 31, 2011

A new low

My boys reached a new level of destruction today, one that I hope they don't top for many many years (or ever). I picked Bennett up from preschool, ran inside and left the boys in the van (I turned the engine off, thinking I was avoiding the worst they could possibly do in 3 minutes) to grab the library DVD's so we could return them and came back out in the garage to find this:

There's some kind of carseat safety latch that's mounted on the ceiling by the back windshield. Bennett had grabbed it, pulled it all the way to Dawson in the opposite corner, who then let it go and sent the metal buckle ricocheting off the windshield. So what was that mess your kids made today that left you grumbling and complaining??? Not so bad anymore, huh?

6 comments:

NikkiOctober 31, 2011 at 2:49 PM
Oh. My. Word. I gasped when I saw this picture. I'm so sorry Have! I know you're not laughing now, but this will be the story you tell your future daughter-in-laws.
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Julie VanderpoolOctober 31, 2011 at 3:07 PM
Here's to our new vans we were talking about on Thursday! Your's might be coming sooner than mine now!
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Tiffany DeBoefOctober 31, 2011 at 5:02 PM
Oh my word! I think my jaw dropped when I saw this. I hope my boys never reach that level of destruction! ;)
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Iowa SunshineOctober 31, 2011 at 5:43 PM
yikes -- i can only imagine how that sounded as it hit :(. i still can't believe Bennett did the destruction to your keyboard way-back-when. our destruction has been with Sharpies and ink pens ... furniture and carpet. not pretty!!!
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Jennifer HandsakerOctober 31, 2011 at 6:07 PM
I'm dying to know what they were doing by the time you made it back out to the van? Hysteria? Avoidance? Thinking you might not notice?
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Elisa ClarkOctober 31, 2011 at 7:40 PM
I'm with Jen...did they have guilty looks on their faces or just think the big hole in the glass was cool? :) Yikes! So glad they didn't get hurt and hope they learned a good lesson!
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