Having a child is the biggest test of your patience that you will ever experience. Before you become a parent, it’s easy to assume that you’ll be the sort of carefree mom or dad who will never raise their voice. But then you actually have your son or daughter, and it doesn’t take long to realize there are occasions when raising your voice is very much needed.

Kids love to test us. Equally, they love to do things that they don’t even know are bad. A combination of the two is enough to have any parent reaching for the wine bottle come evening.

One little boy who went above and beyond in his mission to unintentionally send his parents into a frenzy was two-year-old Leo Belnap. Of all the hilariously terrible things kids have done, Leo’s tops them all.

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Let’s rewind right back to the beginning. Leo’s dad, Ben, loves his football. The family lives in Holladay, Utah, and Ben’s favorite team – the University of Utah – were selling season tickets.

Any football fan will tell you that season tickets don’t come cheap. Ben, being a young parent with his wife, Jackee, didn’t have the sort of money he needed to buy one.

And so Ben’s parents generously stepped up and offered to lend him the money to buy his ticket.

Ben was immensely grateful, and started saving up money immediately to pay them back as quickly as possible. Any spare dollar Ben had went straight into a special envelope, which he planned to return to his parents when he had saved the full amount.

The day finally arrived when Ben had saved up enough of his hard-earned cash to pay off his debt. He stashed the envelope, which contained $1,060, in a safe place, ready for when he next met up with his parents.

But then – disaster! On the day that Ben was due to see his parents, he couldn’t find the envelope anywhere.

He and Jackee searched their home from top to bottom, but to no luck. It was as if the money had simply vanished into thin air.

And that was when Jackee had a horrible thought. She knew a place that she hadn’t checked – but surely not…

With her heart in her throat, Jackee opened up the family’s shredder.

And there they were. Ben’s savings, shredded to pieces, sitting inside the shredder.

There was only one culprit to blame for the incident, and that was little Leo. The cheeky rascal had gotten hold of the envelope and shredded it behind his parents’ backs!

Of course, Ben had to share his horrific story on the internet. He took to Twitter to explain the situation, and it wasn’t long before his post went viral.

So me and my wife had been saving up to pay for our @Utah_Football tickets in cash. We pulled our money out yesterday to pay my mom for the season… Well we couldn’t find the envelope until my wife checked the shredder. Yup. 2 year old shredded $1,060. pic.twitter.com/93R9BWAVDE

— BB (@Benbelnap) October 2, 2018

Many people tried to make jokes to cheer Ben up.

But let’s face it, there’s no getting over a $1,000 loss very fast.

Luckily, some good things did come out of Ben’s tweet! His post was seen by Budweiser, who very kindly offered Ben a free ticket to the next game.

And Ben’s story did eventually have a happy ending, as it turns out that damaged bills can be exchanged for new ones by the Department of Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), which offers something called the Mutilated Currency Redemption Service.

Ben shared an update on the situation on Twitter.

So, all is hopefully not lost for Ben and Jackee! While it may take up to 6 years for them to be reunited with their cash replacement, it’s looking like at least some of the money will be salvageable.

Let’s just hope Ben’s parents are happy to extend their repayment period!

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Source: Parenting Isn’t Easy, Little Things, How Stuff Works