Going down down down

Brandon has this Bionicle game that he got last Christmas that he guards with his life. I think we have played it once because he keeps it under his bead, away from little brothers, and only older people can play with it. Well, today, he let Jacob play with the little guys and was trying to teach the game to him. Some of the pieces of the game are little Bionicle figures, less than an inch tall, and a small ball and sling shot you use to shoot the ball at the bad guy. When conference started, they were still in the middle of the game and so I told them to just leave it in the Living room and come watch conference.

Well, Cameron came to me during the intermediate hymn and said something that sounded like "I lost the ball." He was holding the sling shot to the game so I knew what ball he was talking about and I just said, "Well, go find it." He said again..."I lost the ball". I said "Well, do you know where you lost it?" trying to think if there were places the ball could have been lost "permanently". He said "No mom, I flushed the ball in the toilet." which is what he was saying before - flushed instead of lost. I said "You flushed the ball down the toilet?" He smiled and said "Yes and it went down down down."

I was sick. Brandon was downstairs and I thought I would have to think of a new ball to use as a replacement before I told him. I scolded Cameron and told him how sad Brandon would be and took him downstairs to tell Brandon. When we got there, I told them what happened and when Brandon and Ryan said "What? He flushed the ball down the toilet?" Cameron added- "Yes, and a little bad guy too! And it went down down down." this time showing us by bending down a little each time he said down. UG! I can replace a ball, but replace a little guy? Brandon was not happy and once more Cameron was told the only things we flush down the toilet are... (you can fill it in).

So, tomorrow morning, I will have to look online for replacement parts to the game. A couple of weeks ago, we had a clog in the toilet for a WEEK that we had to finally buy a closet auger (specialized plumbing snake for toilets) and two different plungers before getting it out. I spent hours and hours plunging and working on that toilet. In tears, I finally called a friend to come and help me. Again, we worked and worked and were finally able to get it to unclog using the auger. I don't know what was flushed, but the experience today with Cameron confirmed that it could have been anything... The sad thing is that I really can't rule my youngest 3 kids from flushing random things down the toilet. It could have been any of them! Either that, or MAN we have got to start eating more fiber!