Well That Explains the Smell

This one is for Aunt Meg and Uncle Luke.  This is familiar territory for them.

The other day I put some waffles in the toaster for the boys.  I noticed a burning smell, but we were in a hurry, and I assumed some little piece of the waffle was burning a little.  The next day Ryan had something in the toaster, and I noticed a really bad smell.  I glanced around the toaster, but everything seemed fine.  A few minutes later when Ryan took his toast out, he saw this pen deep down in there.  It had melted to the inside of the toaster, and in order to free it, we had to break all the little metal heating strips in there, thus ruining the toaster. 

Who dunnit?  It's unclear.  Clayton says Eli did it, but he says that with a completely guilty look on his face.  Eli has no comment.  Oh well.  Ryan came home with a new toaster yesterday, and we all had a big talk about not putting anything in the slots.