Disasters can be fun!

Well, that is the title I had in my head to start with after the events of Monday evening, but now I'm not so sure!
Monday evening saw the kitchen flooded by the dishwasher.
I was putting Will to bed, Tom was out in his radio shack and David was getting himself ready for bed and Rob was out. Jonathan was on hand to witness the flood of water and had the sense to switch the machine off before telling me.
It is amazing how much mess such a relatively small amount of water can make!! We mopped and used towels until it was clear. We investigated the filter and the drain hole. Checked the pipe outside for blockages and talked about how it all worked. We pulled out the machine which inevitably resulted in more water and then discovered the waste pipe had become disconnected, hence the flood.
It was one of those natural educating moments....electricity and water. Questions were asked and answered by the children. Brilliant.
We had fun. We laughed. We worked as a team. We made jokes and they learned!!!
Fabulous.

And then yesterday we had another disaster. Some van driver passed us at a ridiculous speed down a narrow country lane, hitting our wing mirror with such force that it smashed our drivers window. Glass everywhere. We were all in the car, on the way to the woods for a picnic. All very shaked and upset.
But another learning moment. While Rob exchanged details with the man, we talked about speed, force, insurance and other such things you would expect following a collision of that nature.
That disaster wasn't much fun, and will continue not to be for some weeks I would imagine.