The other day Cooper was playing and I told him to get his toys out of the speaker that is next to the tv. (Let me just add that he does this all of the time.) All of the sudden I heard screaming and crying and there was Cooper with his arm stuck in the speaker box. I tried pulling on his arm, tried telling him to pull out his arm, started searching the box to see if there was any way to get it open, tried everything I knew what to do but his arm was stuck! (As you can see in the picture above.)
What was a mother to do? I started thinking that I could maybe call the the fire department and that maybe the fire fighters might be able to get it out . . . but then I thought the only thing they could do was to break it open. So that's what I decided to do. I started with a small hammer that we keep in the house. I told Cooper to put his head down and I started pounding on that speaker box but that thing was not budging so I had to run to the garage to find something a little bigger (keep in mind Cooper is still screaming and crying and of course Mike is at work). I found a larger hammer and continued to hit that baby until I cracked it open and out popped his little arm. Poor guy! It was really wedged in there.
Moral of the story: 1. I won't be telling any kids to retrieve any toys out of there and 2. Cooper hasn't gone near that speaker box since the whole ordeal.
Oh, and in case you were curious . . . the speaker still works:) I just popped the front piece back in place and painted the chipped areas with black paint.
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