Look what Daddy brought me from Florida! Everyone needs slippers to match their sunglasses...When you look up the word "ornery" in the dictionary, is there a picture of my daughter? Today I stepped outside to take a bag of trash 3 steps to the dumpster. Our backdoor locks automatically, but you have to slam it pretty hard to get it to close, so I always just leave it open while I take the trash out. You can probably guess what happened next: I turned around and there went the door - slammed harded than I thought possible by a 20 month old. I yelled out, "Katy!!" and ran toward the front door. Yep, it was locked, too.
I only panicked for a couple of seconds as I looked toward our neighbors' house and saw their car parked in front. I ran frantically over to their front door and knocked, probably looking a little flustered in my slippers. I explained the situation and they rushed to get the spare key.
All in all, I was gone for about 3 minutes. I came inside and rolled my eyes at what I saw. She had climbed onto a dining room chair, had my cell phone in her lap (which had apparently been ringing with a missed call), and was soaked to the skin all down the front of her with my Diet Pepsi that she attempted to drink from a can. I can just imagine her little devilish grin as she realized that I was gone and she could finally climb on whatever she wanted, play with my phone, and drink pop. What a stinker...
5 comments:
Oh my goodness, I would have freaked out!!! Though it does crack me up, thinking of Katy feeling freedom at last. What a character.
We had so much fun with you guys (sorry about the dog again) and hopefully we can hang out again when we are on a less scrunched schedule. You know, like this summer, when there are toddlers and babies. Yeah, that'll be relaxing. . .
This post is a mixture of fun and horror! I've NEARLY had the same thing happen and it's only a matter of time. I need to give all neighbours keys!
Glad you got back in and all she'd done was a bit of climbing and pop drinking. Could have been worse - she could have been on the phone to someone in New Zealand!
That is funny. It made my laugh out loud picturing Katy's "freedom". HA! I've been glad once that our one neighbors have a spare key (and it was helpful that he's a stay at home dad). I left my keys sit on the table, and I could see them through the window. But I'd already shut the locked door. Oops.
Thanks for the funny post! I'm hoping that you are able to laugh about it now. Welcome to life with a toddler!
That's my girl! Five more minutes and she would have found the cookies and overflowed the sink with water.
One time I thought things were too quiet and came into the living room to find you shaking baby powder all over the carpet -- you thought it was Carpet Freshener I guess.
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