Well, Sammy now knows not to play with electrical outlets.
Let me start this story by saying: no one got hurt. Thankfully.
This morning, I was helping Elena get ready in her bedroom when I heard a pop and saw a flash out of the corner of my eye. Then I heard Sam burst into tears and I ran out into the hallway to see what happened.
Sam was sitting by the outlet in the hall that we keep a night light in. I looked at the night light and noticed that the back of the night light and the outlet were charred black. I immediately asked Sam if he was hurt. He said he wasn't hurt, but he had scared himself pretty good and took awhile to calm down. I couldn't figure out why it had blown - Sammy said he just turned on the night light. When I pulled it out of the outlet, two coins fell to the floor.
Apparently, Sam had been playing "grocery store," which entailed sticking a few coins behind the night light and turning it on. So I talked with Sam again about the dangers of playing with - or even touching - electrical outlets (which I think he had figured out pretty well by then).
To which he replied: "Mom, can you put all of the outlets up high on the wall so I can't reach them anymore?" Sorry, Sammy. You're just going to have to learn to leave some things alone - as fun as they may look.
No wonder nature gives us slightly more boys than girls.
The scene of the crime
3 comments:
My brother used to do that, but with car keys...yes, definite lesson learned!
Aww Poor Sammy! Good thing he did not get hurt though!
I did that when I was little, with a necklace. I ran downstairs crying and it took my mom a few days to figure out why....
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