Locked Out of my car!

Thursday April 18, 2008

Kai has been more difficult to keep up with. Since he has learned to open the doors to childcare, he is good at escaping. Just as I got him out to the car after work, Kai runs up this hill and starts to swat at the wasp trap hanging there. Then when he was bored, he slid down the hill leaving pine needles for me to pick out his pant bottom.

Spring is in the air, I had caught this blue butterfly and to my surprise Kai absolutely did not want to touch it. He would only look at it from a safe distance.

While I was distracted with the butterfly, Kai took hold of my car keys and into the ignition. I immediately grabbed him at the moment and secured him in his car seat, and shut the sliding door. Then I realized what a mistake that was- I couldn't open the driver's side or any of the doors also. Kai had locked the car doors from the key fob. I started to panic a bit because it was pretty hot in there and Kai was starting to yell for me.

I remembered Greg had tied an emergency key underneath, but it took me several minutes to find it (it was pretty well hidden) that I had to crawl underneath on my back to get to it and cut it out with my knife, which I carry with me at all times.

Thank goodness I was prepared. Maybe that's why I store water, extra clothes, a huge first aid kit and car battery charger in the trunk. I'm trying to prepare for the worst, as a mother, I guess.

Kai and I, who is suspicious of what he will do next. I am such a geek; reading up on a software program I recently purchased, while Kai innocently peers up at me from reading his book.

So Kai has done some odd things lately, like carry his "SLOW kids playing" sign out to the street, set it up, and then play on the driveway. Cars do drive by cautiously...

Of course that peaceful moment didn't last that long- Kai got my camera and started taking pictures again...