The bathroom floor is gritty

It was also akin to a pond. 

Yesterday, the kids' job was to clean the bathroom sink.  They turned it into scrubbing the tile floor.

I asked what they were doing, they evaded the question and shut the door.  Since they are not the quietest children, and scrubbing isn't a silent activity, I already knew what they were doing.  And I peeked under the door and took a picture.

I let them go.  I did remind Ellie of the time, because she wasn't completely ready for school yet.

For half an hour they cleaned. 

At 8:30 I told them it was time to clean up.  Around 8:50 I hear Ellie frantically calling me from the bathroom.  She has just flushed the toilet.

I open the bathroom door.  And see water.  Covering half the floor.  Overflowing the toilet. 

I freak out. 

And then grab for towels.  Lots and lots of towels.  I ordered Ellie to get towels.  I ran around the house getting towels.  And the plunger.

And I start sopping up the water.  And incredulously demanding how all this water got on the floor?!?!

Josh got upset with my tone.  I got better control of it and ensured him I wasn't mad, just flabbergasted at the amount of water.  And both empty containers of cleaner.  About three cups of baking soda and borax.  And my homemade toilet fizzies on the floor. And the clogged toilet. Again.

And we were supposed to be walking to school, not sopping up gallons of water.  And unclogging a toilet.

Somehow I managed to get all the water wiped up, the toilet unclogged and the kids to school on time.

After school, the kids finished cleaning the floor, since while I did get the water sopped up, the copious amounts of baking soda/borax cleaner were still coating the floor. 

And although Ellie mopped the floor, I mopped the floor, josh vacuumed the floor and I vacuumed the floor, it is still gritty.

But it is clean and whiter.