Uneventful Saturday *Update*

According to my sweet Mother In Law, this sort of activity runs in D's family as well. Apparently when he was young, he once pushed the emergency exit door open while shopping with his mother at a department store. Hehe! Oh the joy that must have brought!


Given my new goal of not posting without a picture, I dug up an image of my MIL and Brooks when he was a newborn at the hospital. I was trying to find a picture of Darrell as a boy, but no luck this time.

An Uneventful Saturday... until...

D was starting to get a little stir crazy, as he often does on Saturday afternoons when we have nothing planned. As I am transitioning Thornton Photography from online ordering to in-person ordering, I've been ordering sample images and told D I needed a large art portfolio bag to carry them in. So off to Hobby Lobby we went. All of us.

On our way there, we drove past our old brown truck. (yes, the one we've been trying to sell for FOREVER). It's now parked in front of Excel Car wash where many drivers by can see it. As we pass it, Lianna pipes up, "Look, there's our truck. It's for sale, but nobody wants it." Ha! She really is a bright girl.

We pull into Hobby Lobby and unload all three kiddos with no problem. As we enter the 'foyer' area Canaan of course hollers "Ah!" a couple of times so he can hear the echo. I grab him as we go through the second set of doors and make a bee line for the shopping carts. Our kids stay as confined as possible in Hobby Lobby. There are just too many breakable objects within reach. Well, as I'm lifting Canaan into the cart I hear Darrell in a panicked voice, "No Brooks! Don't touch that!" Then... Flashing lights and loud noises and of course, tears.

That's right, Brooks had pulled the fire alarm. My little 3 year old, who hates loud noises will never again go near one of the red pull boxes. The manager, thankfully was able to call off the fire department before the trucks arrived. The alarm continued to sound for a good 10 minutes before he was able to enter the correct code to shut it off. My sweet son, apologized most sincerely, and though the manager could have been a bit more forgiving, we'll cut him some slack. I'm pretty sure half the store patrons left within those 10 minutes the alarm was going off. :/

I didn't think it'd be appropriate for me to pull out my camera and photograph the experience, nor was that even in the back of my mind, but I will share a recent image of my baby, who barely escaped a police record. Thank goodness he pulled it at Hobby Lobby and not his Jr. High like his uncle AJ did. :P

Anyone want to share my gum?