Lessons in life

Sometimes we forget to have important conversations with our children. Well, today, due to necessity, I had to have one of those with Richard that it had not occurred to me to have before.
You can only put so much toilet paper in the toilet at one time. Did you know that? Well, Richard learned that today.
I had just gotten in the shower when Richard suddenly started pounding on my locked bedroom door. He often does that. I chose to ignore him. Once I turned off the water, I heard him say, "Mommy, I need help!"
"Why?"
"I spilled in the bathroom."
"Spilled what?" I say, fearing he had peed all over the bathroom.
"Spilled water."
"Richard, you're not supposed to play in the water in the bathroom." What has he been doing? I'm thinking.
"I put too much toilet paper in the potty."
"I'll be out as soon as I have clothes on!"

So, I come out to a toilet that still is leaking water and the water is all over the bathroom floor and seeping up into the carpet. I quickly turn off the water to the toilet and then proceed to pull out as much of the pulverized toilet paper as I can. I guess I pulled out enough, because it finally flushed while I was getting out towels.
It took about 7 towels to dry all the water off the floor and the carpet is still drying.
Make sure you teach your child how much toilet paper is appropriate. Apparently it's not an obvious thing!