laundry fun with kids

So, the boys have apparently reached the age where they put stuff (random weird stuff) in their pockets. And leave it there. For me to find when I do the laundry. Yesterday I found a piece of mulch in the dryer. Today, while doing another load, I thought to ask Gavin if he's been picking up rocks while playing baseball keeping them. I mentioned the mulch - he said he picked it up at his school. "It's my pretend walkie-talkie!" he declared, offended that I didn't understand as much from the get go. Oh, I love that kid and his imagination. I can just see him on the playground at his school, talking into his pretend walkie-talkie....