Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Oops, I did it again!!!

Can you believe that for the second week in a row, I have been locked out from Ashton. Okay, this time it wasn't his fault, but this was MORE scary. I decided to embark on our first outing to Sea World without Tyler. When we arrived I grabbed my keys and pushed the "trunk" button and then "unlock" button on the key fab...I had a feeling they could get locked in and I did NOT want that to happen. I tossed my keys in the diaper bag sitting on the passenger seat and shut my door, pulled the stroller from the trunk and shut it. When I was ready to throw the kids in I was stunned by the car door that refused to open. Could I really have pressed the wrong button? "OH NO!!! WHAT HAVE I DONE!!!" Immediate tears came and I found myself staring in panic at the keys inside the car....the VERY HOT car...A sweet man with his wife and 3 kids heard me and ran over to help me. He told me not to cry, that it would scare the kids. He called papalock, a service that unlocks car doors for free when kids are locked inside. His wife ran to get Sea Worlds security. We then were left to wait while once again trying to coach Ashton in unlocking his car door. Isaac had sweat beading on his nose and forehead. He started to cry. I felt AWFUL! Soon security arrived and jimmied the door open. I hugged my kids and wanted to go home and never leave the house with them again. But, we didn't. How could I not let them enjoy an afternoon in a nice cool splash park after being trapped in a hot car?! Asides from that scary incident, we had a blast, and now the kids are tucked in the beds enjoying a nice long nap....

4 comments:

Kirst said...

OH NO! I'm so glad you were able to get them out!

Kev and Chels said...

Good to know about the papalock! I can see myself doing the same thing so easily! My parents family have locked the keys in the car several times in the past few weeks! So it's in my blood. I'm glad you got them out so quickly! I'm going to call you as soon as i get a chance to see how things are going. it sounds like so much fun having sea world close!

becca said...

I've locked Ashlee in the car before when she was a baby, and I WAS SO SCARED! Especially with the heat! Luckily it was in our garage, and not in direct sunlight. I didn't know what to do, but luckily (again) I had a nice neighbor who called the fire dept for me, and a fire engine came blasting its horns and unlocked it for me. It's nice we have those kinds of services in our communities.

Glad everything turned out okay!

Heather said...

You poor thing! That sounds traumatizing! I'm glad that guy was there to help. It's always nice to have some support in crisis situations.

We miss you guys!