Always know where the allen is....

August 21, 2006

Current mood:amused

Have you ever had one of those evenings where all you want to do is take a couple of advil and go to sleep? I intended to do just that as I logged off last night. My son had other plans for me. The events of the evening made me realize just how important it is to always know where your allen wrench is in the toolbox.

I heard my son calling for me and turned to see what he needed. There in the doorway of my office was a footstool with arms and legs. The child had somehow gotten his head stuck in the middle of the bars at the bottom of the stool. I thought he could be trying to play a prank on me, but after a couple of tugs, I realized he really was stuck. After helping him lay on the couch and placing a pillow between his head and the screws on the other side, I went in search of my allen wrench.

I could not find the stupid little thing, so I went back to the living room to try again on pulling his head through. Still did not work. I told him that if we were not able to locate one, we would try smearing Crisco all over his head. He did not find that the least bit funny. I called my dad to ask him to bring his up and again went to search for mine. I finally located it after dumping the entire contents of my toolbox all over my bed. While waiting for my dad to get here so I would have an extra set of hands, I did what any normal mother would do.I got the camera. Once my dad got here, we were able to get the stool apart enough for Hayden to get his head out.

After he was out with his ears still attached, I was able to quiz him on how he ended up in that situation to begin with. Apparently, he was pushing the stool from the tv where he was using it to play a game and it bumped the chair. Next thing he knew, his head was smack in the middle of the bars. His words were Its like my head teleported into it.

So people ALWAYS know where your allen wrenches are and keep the camera handy just in case. Here is a picture of what he looked like.