Yesterday my husband came home early from work since he's been putting in a great deal of overtime.
It was sooo nice to have him here at 3 instead of 5.
The sun was out. It was warm. We were loving it. We're outside working. Me, raking leaves out of my pretty flower areas, Josh, ever-working on our Suburban (sigh..) and Jaylee...
Oh...where is that kid?
We realized she was gone. 'Cause we're observant parents like that.
We call and call and at the last "Jaaayleeee" I think my voice got a lil shaky, a lil panicky. We share a driveway with two other homes. The family directly across from us has six children, 5 of them being boys (Jaylee's favorite kind) and they also have a trampoline (that Jaylee's in awe of). We find her standing over in their yard, staring at 3 of the 6 children jumping on the trampoline.
Josh calls a little louder and she starts on back to our house, reluctantly. And then the tears start.
Her life is over.
When she gets up to us, tears and snot are dripping down her face. She's on the verge of hysterics.
"What's your deal?" I ask, ever so sympathetically.
"M-m-myyy k-k-keeeey!!!!"
She had pulled a key out of our old lawnmower and apparently left it at the neighbor's house.
The three of us head on back there.
As Josh and I get there, the oldest yells to one of his younger siblings, "hurry, shut it off."
And so, we don't get to listen to AC/DC.
Such a bummer.
Jaylee finds her key. The boys politely say hi.
And then Justin, one of my favorites, says, "we didn't know you were having another baby."
"Yep, yep I am." I tell him, proudly.
"What kind's it gonna be?"
4 comments:
Connecting with neighbors is always good! Glad your daughter found her key. :)
That is too funny that they asked what is was going to be. Like they haven't figured it out at there house yet. You would think they of all kids would know how that works now.
Treena
You shoulda told him kittens.
Too funny! Love erica lynn's comment!
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