Lost/Found

Next to one cupboard in our dining room is a small hole where a power outlet used to be. The hole sat uncovered for a while until we noticed that some toys were inexplicably vanishing. I discovered that by contorting my hand just right, I could get my camera in just far enough to get a picture of the inside of the wall, all the way down to the bottom between the drywall and the studs.

Before

Tonight, after a good solid 90 minutes of strategically maneuvering the shop-vac hose, I liberated the following:

• 12 Crayola Color Wonder markers
• 1 teacup
• 1 tea spoon
• 1 child's fork
• 1 Fisher Price Little People figure (the one known as Maggie?)
• 1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (believed to be Michelangelo)
• 1 orange motorcycle thing that fits inside aforementioned Ninja Turtle
• 1 toy croissant
• 1 toy mashed potatoes blob
• 1 wooden knife from a kitchen set
• 1 Happy Meal™ car
• 2 stuffed cats (a gift from one of our exchange students)
• And, Diego, the animal rescuer. Judging by his position on the top of the toy heap, he had jumped in to try to rescue them all.

After