Chris
and I had to explain to Lance and Jared today why we were laughing at
something they definitely didn't find funny yesterday. We explained that in life
sometimes you just have to laugh because its better than the other
emotions the situation logically calls for. It was one of those
memorable two year old moments, Lance and Jared have had them, and now Titus
officially had one.
Lance's
memorable moment happened at Target. I was shopping for some maternity
pants and he was right at my side, then he was suddenly gone. I
panicked, I started yelling his name and them moving about frantically
looking for him. A Target employee quickly came up to me and asked if
I'd lost my son, when I affirmed she declared a "Code Blue" into her
walkie-talkie and asked me to describe him. A few minutes later he came
out from inside the clothing rack I'd been standing near. Apparently
he had gone inside to poop in peace. He always went somewhere to hide
to poop in his diaper, and I guess he was too busy to answer my calls. I
later found out a "Code Blue" locks down every exit from Target, no
kids can leave till the missing child is found. I was impressed with the program, though a little embarrassed at the inconvenience it caused.
Jared's
memorable moment happened at the Central Florida Zoo. We were all
walking together in the butterfly garden. The boys asked to go around a short loop by themselves. Lance came back but he was missing Jared. It was a loop, so Chris went one way with Lance and I went the other, we still don't know how Jared got past us. Of course the garden was near a muddy creek that was deeper than normal due to heavy rains.
When we couldn't find him on the path we split up and started to search the zoo. I kept going back to the creek
terrified he was in the muddy water somehow. Unlike Target, the people
at the zoo had no interest in helping us find him. Chris eventually found back by the monkeys we had been watching earlier. Apparently, he'd heard the Howler
Monkey howl again and wanted to see. We had lost a few more years of off our lives
and gained more unneeded grey hair.
So
that brings me to yesterday. I will preface this story with the reminder that Titus still insists on sleeping in our room and therefore has not gotten enough sleep the past four weeks. I had just fed Amber and decided that I
wanted to take the boys to the library instead of Chris. We were on a
short timetable (we had an hour max before she wants to feed again), so
I stayed out front to return the books due today (the return machine is outside the front door), and sent the boys in
to start looking at books (kids section is right inside the front door). I reminded them to stay together, as I have
many times before without incident. It should have been fine, I was
standing near the only exit to the library. Of course, one of the books
wouldn't scan so what should have taken me 30 sec. to do dragged on a
little longer. When I entered the library Lance was practically
tackling Titus, Titus was screaming and the library manager was standing
near by. I quickly went and took Titus and sat him in timeout, tried
to remind him to use his words but screaming continued to be his chosen
form of communication. The library manager then came up to me and told
me they were concerned he was being kidnapped and basically asked us to
leave. I had Lance and Jared gather up their books, we checked out and
left. To Lance and Jared's credit they took it very well. I explained
to Titus he would not be allowed back in the library for a while. He
asked "why" and I explained how he needs to be quiet and use his words
at the library. The upside was we made it round trip in less than 30
min. so Amber was still asleep when we got home.
Wonder what Amber's memorable moment will be? Do your kids have any "memorable moments"?
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