I Hope No One Was Watching!

Last night I was working with the beginners at gymnastics when Parker came up and informed me that he and his friend accidentally locked my keys in the car. I would like to point out that they should not have even been in the car. This had to be taken care of quickly because in less than an hour I had to take Parker to soccer and then go the the Back to School night. Plus, I did not want to have to pay the after hours fee. My friend in the office called the locksmith for me and he came out pronto to fix the problem. $55 that I would have rather spend elsewhere. The problem then got bigger. I was informed that Parker and Cameron tried to open the door by putting a metal device in the lock and when that didn't work they tried a plastic spoon. The plastic spoon shattered in the lock thus rendering it completely useless. Did I mention that I broke my door clicker so I can't unlock it automatically? The only way in is through the back door. As a side note it is going to cost between $75-$100 to fix that particular problem.

So, on with my story. This morning I was at Pep Boys fixing something else wrong on my car (the lock still is not fixed yet) and I asked the workers not to lock the car when they were finished. Of course, being just like my children, they did not listen and locked the door. Now, I can climb in through the back window, but today it was full of boxes and toys to take to our new house (yes, we are moving....again) and so to get in I had to climb over said boxes. They rose almost to the top of the car, so there was a little wiggle room. I climbed up, and promptly lost a shoe to the great outdoors. Now that I was up to the top I had to get down to the bottom of the second row. Unfortunately, being so high up I slid down, face first, like I was going through the luge! I squealed as this was happening and I am sure I looked absolutely ridiculous! I then had to hop on one foot to go and find my flip flop that flopped to the ground. I know my face was beet red and I tried to avoid looking around, hoping that no one was watching. This better not end up on YouTube!

Where Am I?

Last night, around 10:30-11:00, I was sitting in our family room watching t.v. I heard one of the kids get up and come walking down the hall. It turned out to be Kearney. She was looking really confused and disoriented. I told her hello and asked her what she was doing. She just kind of looked at me and started playing with the waistband of her pants. I asked her if she needed to go to the bathroom and she turned around and walked in to the kitchen. Our family room is connected with the dinning room and kitchen. Kind of a wide open great room with a countertop in the middle. I stood up to see what she was doing and low and behold I saw her with her pants down, the garbage can lid up getting ready to sit on the garbage and go to the bathroom! I started yelling her name over and over and I ran over to get her. I guided her in to the bathroom while telling her that was the kitchen she was in. I was laughing so hard! She sat down (on the toilet this time) and finally started to wake up a bit. I told her what had just happened and she sheepishly started to laugh. I was laughing so much! It cracked me up. I know it has probably happened to all of us. We wake up, are disoriented and can't figure out where we are or what is going on. I am sure when she is older she will be thrilled that I posted this, but it really was great!