Stuck, stuck, stuck

You wouldn't think a pre-schooler's head would fit perfectly in this ring.

Yesterday, Ashleigh was playing with a toy that has two paddles and a ball you hit with the paddles and managed to get the paddle centered perfectly around her head and wouldn't come off. She panicked, and after trying for a bit to get it off without hurting her forehead or yanking too hard to injure her neck, I panicked a little and called Rob. Ahhh, my level-headed husband, already in problem-solving mode at work had some suggestions for how to cut it off (all I could think of was to saw it off - being made of hard plastic, but then had visions of the saw slipping and doing permanent damage to that cute rosy-cheeked face). His solution - cut off the net and use wire cutters to cut the plastic. Much safer! Well, after cutting off the net, the ring slipped down around her neck (again much safer than being right up against her head!) and the whole thing came off like a shirt, face first, and no cutting involved! Problem solved, whew!


My Hero!

Here are some pictures of the improvements Rob made to our bathroom last weekend - he's amazing! Problem-solving, level-headed, and great at starting and finishing home-improvement projects. I love my husband! In one weekend, he replaced the downstairs bathroom faucet, towel bar, toilet paper holder, light fixture and all the toilet seats in the house. Also, for you potty-training moms, Home Depot sells a toilet seat with a kid's seat that folds into the lid, which we also got for the upstairs kids' bathroom.


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