Friday, October 26, 2007

Three Balls Under


We have a lighted bookcase that Ken made sitting against the wall in between our living room and dining room. For many days, both Emme and Rudy have been pressing their noses to the wall behind the bookcase and whining and crying. We thought that Emme had pushed a ball behind the bookcase but getting it out was no simple feat. There was just enough room for a small ball to roll under, but not enough room to get a broom or our hands behind and underneath the bookcase.

The bookcase has two glass shelves and on these shelves and the first wooden shelf are a number of breakable glass objects. In order to move the bookcase and get the ball, we had to unload these items. So last night after dinner we did just that. We removed all the glass items from the bookshelf and moved it out from the wall a few inches. Not only was there one ball underneath it; there were three! One of these balls is visible in the photo on the rug in front of the bookcase. We knew that as soon as we got them out, they were going to be pushed back under again so we came up with a solution. The bookcase goes all the way to the floor except in the back where there is a gap about four inches high at the very bottom. We put a few rows of packing tape over this opening to prevent Emme from pushing the balls back under again. It worked.

A few minutes later while we were cleaning up the kitchen, I could hear Emme crying in the living room. When I went in to see what was happening, I found that she had pushed one of the balls under my chair and she was lying flat on the rug with her nose under the front of the chair and crying for her lost ball. At least moving the chair is a lot easier than moving the bookcase. One problem solved; another takes its place. Such is life.

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