scary then, funny now.
 

Today, while I was at work, my wife Beth (I guess I'm supposed to say DW,
right?) took our boy (our twins turn 2 next Thursday) outside to put some
mail in the mailbox. Our girl, Abby, locked the door, from the inside. This
freaked Beth out, as she couldn't get to Abby, and was locked outside with
Jacob. (In TX, our temperatures are still in the 90's. Plus Beth is in the
first trimester of PG and not feeling too well. She went to several
neighbors' houses to find a phone to borrow to call me, but nobody was home.
She finally found someone around the corner. She called me, crying, and I
rushed home and made what is usually a 1 hour drive into a 25-minute one.
Abby stayed inside next to the window the whole time, happily playing, never
knew anything was wrong.

It's all better now, but really freaked us out. Parenthood is bringing new
surprises every day. Don't think I did anything like this as a kid. All the
stories my mom tells me about stuff I did was more on the cute stuff, and
involved poop. Oh well. We are thankful that nothing bad happened.

scary then, funny now.
 

I'm glad everything worked out!!
My first born was probably around the same age when I went out, in the rain
to get the mail.....well, this is when we discovered he could now reach the
deadbolt as the prankster promptly locked me out!!....Luckily we have
several neighbors that have someone home during the day, whether retired,
WAH or SAHM's.....So while I waited in the backyard trying to soothe my
little man (he had started bawling at this point) at the sliding glass door
I decided to give the bedroom door a try....not much of a chance since its
ALWAYS locked but maybe I could have jimmied somehow.....well what do you
know...it was unlocked!!! LOL......from then on I have always had my keys
with me!
lesson learned!
Gwen

scary then, funny now.
 

i deadbolt the door from the outside whenever i go outside so my girls
don't open the door and come out or let the dogs out.

i had a scary incident when i locked alix IN the car at the Target
parking lot. she was 11 mos. and it was february. still cringe when i
think about it.

pam

scary then, funny now.
 

i deadbolt the door from the outside whenever i go outside so my girls
don't open the door and come out or let the dogs out.

i had a scary incident when i locked alix IN the car at the Target
parking lot. she was 11 mos. and it was february. still cringe when i
think about it.

pam

scary then, funny now.
 

"pam " wrote in message
...
i deadbolt the door from the outside whenever i go outside so my girls
don't open the door and come out or let the dogs out.

i had a scary incident when i locked alix IN the car at the Target
parking lot. she was 11 mos. and it was february. still cringe when i
think about it.

pam

I locked Evan in the car once when I went to run the girls into dance class.
He was buckled in his seat and cried the whole 20 minutes it took to get
someone to come and open the door. What an experience.
--
Erin
Morgan and Megan 2/15/97
Evan 5/14/00

scary then, funny now.
 

"pam " wrote in message
...
i deadbolt the door from the outside whenever i go outside so my girls
don't open the door and come out or let the dogs out.

i had a scary incident when i locked alix IN the car at the Target
parking lot. she was 11 mos. and it was february. still cringe when i
think about it.

pam

I locked Evan in the car once when I went to run the girls into dance class.
He was buckled in his seat and cried the whole 20 minutes it took to get
someone to come and open the door. What an experience.
--
Erin
Morgan and Megan 2/15/97
Evan 5/14/00

scary then, funny now.
 

I locked the boys in the house and me out, by accident, last year. I was
hyperventilating, doing the best I could to motion to them to get them to turn
the doorknob. Poor Ryan was crying. We tried both the front door and the
kitchen door. One of them finally got the kitchen door open. Phew!

It's still not funny to me... :-P

Stephanie
Jake and Ryan 9/3/99

scary then, funny now.
 

I locked the boys in the house and me out, by accident, last year. I was
hyperventilating, doing the best I could to motion to them to get them to turn
the doorknob. Poor Ryan was crying. We tried both the front door and the
kitchen door. One of them finally got the kitchen door open. Phew!

It's still not funny to me... :-P

Stephanie
Jake and Ryan 9/3/99

scary then, funny now.
 

I'm glad everything worked out all right. :)

I locked myself out when I was babysitting for a baby when I was in college. I
went going down to the basement to get something, like a can of formula, and
closed the door behind me so the baby wouldn't fall down the stairs. I didn't
know the door would lock behind me! There was a door to the outside in the
basement so I went out there and went around and tried the front door, but of
course it was locked. The baby was having a great time crawling all over the
house while I was outside completely freaking out. I just knew he was going to
fall down the stairs or get hurt some other way! I went to the neighbor's
house and got a spare key. I told the parents about it when they got home and
they just laughed about it. It took many hours for my heart to start beating
normally again.

Andrea
twin girls-Jordan & Madison
3 yrs. old

scary then, funny now.
 

I'm glad everything worked out all right. :)

I locked myself out when I was babysitting for a baby when I was in college. I
went going down to the basement to get something, like a can of formula, and
closed the door behind me so the baby wouldn't fall down the stairs. I didn't
know the door would lock behind me! There was a door to the outside in the
basement so I went out there and went around and tried the front door, but of
course it was locked. The baby was having a great time crawling all over the
house while I was outside completely freaking out. I just knew he was going to
fall down the stairs or get hurt some other way! I went to the neighbor's
house and got a spare key. I told the parents about it when they got home and
they just laughed about it. It took many hours for my heart to start beating
normally again.

Andrea
twin girls-Jordan & Madison
3 yrs. old