Aquadots

We have this point system that we use with our kids. Once they have accumulated a certain amount of points--we reward them with something big. For months Luke has been asking for Aquadots. He saw them on TV and just couldn't stop talking about them. Finally, after two months of earning points, he earned his Aquadots. He and Taylor couldn't wait to get their hands on them and start creating shapes and things with these Aquadots. However, they looked much easier to use on TV than they were in real life. They are these teeney tiny balls that you set on a template to make a picture and then spray them with water and they stick together (does that make any sense?). Anyhoo, Devon said, out loud, that he didn't think the kids should play with those when Blake was around. He thought it seemed weird the way they reacted to being wet and didn't want to chance it with Blake.

To make a long story short...two days ago, Devon came home from work and said that there was a recall on Aquadots, but he didn't know why. Later on that night, on the news, we learned that the reason the Aquadots were being recalled was because they are coated with a chemical that, when induced, metabolizes into the equivalent of the date rape drug and causes immediate comas in children and, in two instances, children can die!!!

Yes! My children have been playing with a lethal drug. Blake has handled them in his hands when I wasn't looking! They have been spilled on the floor and scattered throughout the house. Yesterday, I went on an Aquadot hunt and found them in the Legos, in the coat closet, under the hutch, in the carpet, everywhere.

Today, we are taking the Aquadots back!!! Luke asked if he could play with them this morning. When I told him he couldn't he threw the biggest fit and cried...they are his favorite toy. Of course, I couldn't tell him that his favorite toy could potentially kill him. So, I did the thing any loving parent would do, I bribed him with a bigger, better toy and it worked!