Silence

      There are those moments as a parent when with a sudden jolt you realize things are curiously a bit too quite. You stop what you are doing and immediately go into recon mode setting out to uncover the mystery behind the household silence. Today, as I turned the corner prepared to walk out the front door on a search and recovery mission, I was startled to find our own resident mad scientist busy as could be creating a mechanical masterpiece. With brow furrowed deep in thought, to him it was of no consequence he was in his skivvies parked in front of a wide open front door.  At six he is well versed in creating a closed circuit capable of making multiple buzzers, lights, and bells simultaneously alarm. A bright bulb this middle child of mine. Now if I can only get him to test out the mechanics of that crazy little lever on the toilet when done using it.