The past few days, I've been noticing the mouthwash bottle for Ben (Jonah can't have mouthwash because he swallows it) is filled to the top so that when you open it, you have a major spill of mouthwash down the side of the bottle and onto the bathroom counter.
Since Jonah is always doing "Home Alone" traps and tricks in the morning while getting ready, I figured he was the culprit. So for the past few days, I have been scolding the kid to stop adding water to the mouthwash.
But today it happened again. So I confronted Jonah if he had been playing with the mouthwash again, and he confessed. So he got scolded again. I cleaned up the mess, and we continued on with getting both Ben and Jonah ready for the day, with me keeping a VERY close eye on Jonah so that he didn't do anything else mischievous.
After the boys were at school, I went back into the bathroom to give it my daily wipe down clean. I noticed the mouthwash bottle was filled to the top again. It was then I realized my culprit was not Jonah (because I had my eye on him since cleaning up the 1st mess this morning), but rather my culprit was Ben- who I had not watched closely after cleaning up the first mess.
Which means for these past few days, Ben has been sitting smugly and watching his brother take the rap for something that he was guilty of...
Well played Ben, well played. After 26 years, I can still be fooled. You'd think my accuracy level would be at 100% after all these years, but I still goof up.
Sad that Jonah confessed to something he didn't do- that's a whole other rabbit hole to think about I guess.
Oh well, today after school I will have an interesting conversation with Ben. I wonder what is reaction will be when he finds out I figured out his deception...
These boys keep me on my toes!
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