The Phantom Urinater Revealed!

Well, we have solved the mystery of the Phantom Urinater. On Saturday night (or maybe Sunday) Mike walked into the laundry room and started shouting. I came running in to see a Tupperware container filled with pee—GROSS! We immediately call Owen and Frans back to the room and start an investigation. Owen was very, very sure he didn’t do it—so he claimed. Frans was all denial too. What are parents to do when they know one of these boys did it but can’t be sure who? Mike asks Frans, “What is that?” “I don’t know.”
“Well, should you drink it?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“It’s yellow.” Frans is starting to move from side to side—suspicious!“Did you pee in here?” The truth begins to come forth as Frans shrugs his shoulders. Being the extremely paitent and loving mother that I am say, “Oh, just spank the truth out of the both of them! And when you find out who did this boy are they going to get it!” I then turn to Frans and Owen and speak strongly (never yell-right?), “This is your only chance to tell the truth and then…” Well, I am not sure if it was my threats or Mike’s kindness or maybe a bit of both but Frans said, “Okay! I did it!!” Ahhh finally the truth revealed! He was the one that did it all…pee in the shoe, the onion bucket (good thing we figured it out before we used any onions), by the front door, and on the floor in several different locations. Why did he do it? Apparently, Frans is afraid of the spiders in his bathroom so he just went where he felt like it. Mike was so livid that he told Frans that from now on he will kill any spider we find with his bare hand or foot. We are still trying to figure out his other punishment for not telling the truth right away. Poor Owen was given most of the blame up until then—we thought he was sleepwalking and doing it. We had made Owen clean the laundry room more than once because we thought it was him. I hope this is the end of the pee everywhere. Hand sanitizer anyone???