The day started out pretty normal. I got the boys up and ready for school, came home and had my essential cup pot of coffee. Derek and Ashley got up soon after, and so I fed them and got them ready for the day. Jason’s car has some sort of metal on metal grinding sound, so we decided that we would drop the car off to get looked at, swing by the court to get me back on the docket, and then pick up Troy. We did get the car dropped off, but when we got to the courthouse, Jason stayed in the van with Derek and Ashley. I walked in and put my name on the list, and then waited to be called. I was third in line, so it was going to be quick…right? Ha! What was I thinking? The lawyers came in like a swarm of locusts (I don’t really hate lawyers…just today…) and cut in front of me. My 10 minute excursion went on forever! I had to text Jason in the van and have him go get Troy and then come back for me. When he got back, I had talked to the judge, who put me on the docket, but he put me on for today! Luckily, I only had to wait another 10 minutes, and then I was called up to talk to the Prosecutor. She was very nice. She told me how much she appreciated how compliant we had been about the dogs, and sentenced Echo to one year probation, and gave me the lowest fine she could. My dog is on probation…that is a new one! But other than that, the whole ordeal is over, Thank God.
My furry felon, now on probation for the next year…
When we finally left the courthouse, we were starving, so we went to Fazolis for lunch. It was really good! I hadn’t been there in a while, so it was a nice change and the food was way better than I was expecting for fast food Italian. 
The rest of the day went on as normal until…after dinner.
After dinner, I did the dishes, cleaned up a bit, and got all the kids’ things set out for bed. I then went in to start the bath, but got sidetracked by Ashley who informed me that she had pooped. What is the big deal, you ask? Well, she removes her diaper and puts underpants on all the time, and then puts her pants or a skirt on over it, hiding her deception. This would be great except that she never goes to the potty when she is wearing underpants. Instead, she just goes in the underpants instead of a diaper. Fun. I check her often, and try to convince her to use the potty, but I can’t get it all. This was one of those times I missed it. I immediately got her cleaned up, and went to the bathtub to rinse out her pants when disaster struck. Although the majority of poop had been removed and disposed of, there was still some remnants of it on her pants that came off in the water in the bath tub. As I waited for the little bit of water to drain so I could clean the tub, I realized the water was no longer going down. And the kids had not had a bath yet…
Ashley poop
I plunged the tub to no avail. I dumped in some drain declogger, and waited, and then plunged again, but still nothing. I then gathered all the kiddos into the van, ran up to the drug store nearby, and bought MORE declogger. After I got home, I poured one of the two bottles into the drain and waited. Then I ran hot water down the drain and plunged. Nothing. It was now nearing 9pm, and the kids still had school the next day, so I had to act fast. I gathered the kiddos into the kitchen, washed each kids’ hair in the kitchen sink and washed them off with a soapy rag and then dried them off super fast so they didn’t freeze. In fifteen minutes, the kids were clean and dressed and brushing their teeth. Fifteen minutes after that, they were in bed and asleep. Whew! 
Since Jason and I rarely have time together on our own, we have developed a “Date Night” scenario that is really nice. We feed the kids earlier, and then, after they go to bed, I make us a nice steak dinner with potatoes and veggies. That was the plan for tonight. I had two nice T-bone steaks all ready to cook, asparagus, and baked potatoes that had been baking since right before I left to get the declogger from the drug store. I seasoned the steaks, and put them on. I then filled up the pot with water to boil the asparagus. Then I went and got Jason up.
I got him up, finished dinner while he cleared the sleep from his eyes. He went in to take a shower (our master bathroom is being remodeled…), and came face to face with the clog. He comes out and asks me about it. I told him everything I had done. He went back in, plunged it about 5 times, and…success!! I raced in, cleaned the tub, and then completed dinner. After he emerged from the shower, he was awake and hungry. We sat down and had a wonderful meal, watched some shows on Netflix, and enjoyed our Date Night, laughing about how much of our conversation centered around Ashley and her poop. We must be parents of a potty training 2-year-old….
Poop!
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