Do the Math

So, let's just say that a three-year-old 59" plasma tv + a four-year-old boy wielding a broomstick like a sword does NOT add up to something good!  We're documenting this so that we'll remember...and so that we make Brady remember too!  Yesterday, Brady and Riley were outside dueling with "swords."  This morning Brett was working on his computer in the sunroom, I was doing laundry upstairs, and Sylvie was doing a puzzle in the kitchen.  Brady was swinging Sylvie's broomstick like a sword and I heard it tap the tv.  I looked down and said, "You really shouldn't be doing that.  Please don't play near Daddy's tv."  But didn't think more of it.

Later in the afternoon, Sylvie's tummy still hurt so she asked to go inside to watch tv.  When we turned the tv on, we noticed a black line through it and a small spider-web like crack where it originated (the point of impact, apparently).  After about 20 minutes of being on, the plasma made a funny noise and went black.  doh. 

I forgot to take a picture of it while it was still on the wall.  Here it is a week later when we replaced it (since I'm back-blogging again)-