Flushed

Darius takes his wedding band off whenever he works at Delta. He usually leaves it in certain areas, and it's not unusual for him to forget where he leaves it. We'd been looking for it for several days without any luck when yesterday I finally asked the boys if they had seen it.

Me: "Hey Zach, do you know what happened to Daddy's wedding ring?"

Zach: "It's in the toilet."

Me: "Why is it in the toilet?"

Zach: "Because I flushed it. I'm sorry."

Me: "Why did you flush it?"

Zach: "I'm sorry. Are you mad at me?"

Me: "No, I'm just wondering why Daddy's ring ended up in the toilet. What happened? Were you playing with it while you were on the toilet?"

Zach: "Yeah. I dropped it, and I flushed in the toilet."

Me: "Was there poop in the toilet?"

Zach: "Yeah."

Me: "So you flushed the ring with the poop?"

Zach: "Yeah."

Me: "How are you going to get Daddy's ring back?"

Zach: "I don't know. It's going to be covered in poop and pee pee. That's going to be gross. Are you going to clean it off Mommy? We can clean it off with toilet paper."

I wish I could remember the whole conversation with Zach about the ring. It's not funny that we've now lost a second wedding band, but it was impossible not to be amused by the things Zach was saying. I wonder if he ever would have come clean about the whole thing if I hadn't asked.