"And the house on the rock stood still."

I was in our basement talking on the phone to a nurse from the pediatric clinic while hearing in the background the changing pressure of water going through the pipes. Then (while still talking to the nurse) I start thinking, “hmm . . . I don’t think the washing machine causes the water pressure to change that often.” So as soon as I hung up, I snuck up the stairs only to find Pookie in the ducky bathroom with a purple bucket in the sink (that was blocking the drain) watching the water overflow. I said abruptly, “Aha!” and then turned off the water. Pookie startled and said, “Wait, it’s wet! Mommy, the rains came down and the floods came up!”