What price did you pay for silence?

I apparently paid roughly $10 for silence today.

Let me explain.

I was on a business call this afternoon and escaped to my office away from two crying, screaming, irritable toddlers (3 1/2 and 2). After I finished my phone call I noticed the house was silent. I peeked out the back door and there were my two ruffians, sitting close together on the deck, heads bent over something very important. But they were silent and not hurting each other so I happily went along my way.

5 minutes later my 3 1/2 year old DS opened the back door and HELD it for his sister (that's when I knew something was amiss) so that she could walk in. She was holding an antique red piggy bank that normally sits on my kitchen counter. That's when I noticed the chair propped up next to the counter...and began to put a few things together. The bank had a large chunk missing...and no money inside.

Me: "WHAT are you doing with that bank?"
DS: "We were putting the money away!"
Me: "Where is the money?"
DS" (pointing to the deck)"It's in there"

I walked over to where he was pointing - no money to be found. Of course not. They had deposited all of my scrounged quarters and dimes through the cracks in our deck. And NO, there is no way to get to the change under the deck - it just covers a shallow crawl space.

SO...I paid about $10 for 15 minutes of silence.

What have your lovely little ones been up to when you've been on the phone or otherwise occupied?