Retrieve

re·trieve/riˈtrēv/

Verb: Get (something) back; regain possession of

Today was a big lesson in the above.

You see, while dad tried to get a head start on the work week and spent the day at the office, Sidney decided to throw me a curve ball. While already quite sleep deprived from her rough night, she challenged me further. It went something like this....

Sidney climbed up on the toilet seat (lid closed) to grab her toothbrush while I stood next to her and fixed Regan's hair. She accidentally dropped her toothbrush (can you sense where this is going?), and it somehow managed to slide between the lid/bowl and into the toilet water.

Gross.

I quickly looked inside to find that the bulk of the brush was already well down the hole of the toilet. I didn't have time to think; I stuck my hand in the toilet water in an attempt to retrieve said toothbrush.

That didn't work the way I had intended. Instead, I pushed it FURTHER down the black hole.

Double gross.

Regan looked at me and said "that's disgusting mom!". Yep, but I went in for another round and this time, successfully retrieved toilet-water-saturated toothbrush and disposed of it quickly in the garbage.

Sidney cried.

She thought I was going to give her the Elmo toothbrush to use!!