So the scene in my house last night: It's 9:00 and I tell my two oldest boys to go and brush their teeth and get ready for bed. (the youngest had already passed out in his room watching Bugs Bunny, 'cause yeah, I'm an awesome parent) They go into the bathroom and we hear water running and the types of noises you usually associate with teeth brushing, then suddenly we hear our 9 year old screaming bloody murder. My husband reluctantly gets up to go and see what sort of shenanigans are going on after I make frustrated hand motions in his general direction. When he opens the door I see our 9 year old, who I shall call #2, sitting on the toilet, completely naked, clutching his hand as if it is broken and screaming as if it has been cut off. Our twelve year old, who I shall refer to as #1, is standing by the sink pretending that he has been doing nothing more than brushing his teeth. Because yes, he does think we are that stupid.

We were not able to ascertain exactly what occurred as #2 was to incoherent to explain and #1 wasn't fessing up to anything. So my husband took away both of their electronic privileges for a week. That means no computer, no video games, no TV, and no ipods. That means that I have two kids with nothing to do loafing around my house for the next week. Why is it that I got punished too?