Well, the other day I needed to drop something off to my mom. She is a secretary at the elementary school. Since Averee was at school I only had to handle Adee & Owen-simple right? No problem. Famous last words...
We get to the elementary school & everything is going great. My mom is of course super excited to see us & spoil the kids with candy (right before lunch I might add). In between keeping Owen's hands off all the enticing things he can't touch, we were just chatting away, enjoying each others company. Next thing I know we hear an alarm go off-of course I panic & look for Owen. Yup-guilty! There he is all sweet & innocent standing under the fire alarm. Yes-he pulled the fire alarm! AAHHH! I run over & grab him-look at my mom & say "tell me he didn't just set off the fire alarm?!" But she is too busy laughing! At least someone else found this amusing! Everything is immediately a blur of activity: my mom has to call the fire department so they don't actually show up, the janitor has to reset the alarm, & the other secretary has to go outside with all the kids & teachers, cuz of course you can't just turn off the fire alarm- the whole school is now having a surprise fire alarm drill. Oh my! Seriously! I was SO embarrassed! I am sure my face was bright red & I was sweating bullets. But all I could do is laugh! What a lunatic! (I have come to realize that is my defense mechanism-to either laugh or try make everyone else laugh.) Anyway-everyone was really cool about it & thought it was so funny. Plus, they kept reassuring me that they were supposed to have one during the first two weeks of school anyway. Hopefully they weren't just saying that. :0) Wow-but the whole time Owen is just going along like it's no big deal & looking around like 'why is everyone running around all crazy?!' Gotta love curious little boys!
That is an experience I won't soon forget! Sorry mom, but it might be awhile before I dare visit you at work again...:0)
