Red Alert

Amanda got the kids some new toothbrushes a couple of weeks ago. She wanted to avoid a Barbie toothbrush for Lily, so she got her a 2-pack of these toothbrushes that have a red LED in them. You press down on the rubber end of the handle and they blink for the length of time you should brush your teeth. As you might imagine, Lily has really got into this.

The problem is that we have a fairly traditional toothbrush holder in the kids' bathroom. It is your standard little ceramic canister with 4 holes in it. The handle on the toothbrush is too big to go down into the hole. Lily compensated by sticking it in the hole as far as she could. It did stay and she had something of a bouquet of toothbrushes going.

However, this had an unforseen consequence. Now there are times when the toothbrush will just start to flash even though it sits on the counter. I don't know if it's the air conditioner blowing, a bug running over it, or maybe just the tiny shiftings of a house in the wind, but something gives the handle just enough of a nudge to make it start blinking. In fact, Lily got up shortly after being put to bed last night complaining of being scared from something flashing. Amanda saw it after we went to bed last night. It's a little disconcerting, to say the least.

We put the toothbrush in their drawer. This is one time when it is good to hide your light under a bushel, so to speak.