Jon left to go to Baltimore last week and the kids thought they could stow away in his luggage!
We tried to think of fun things to do while dad was gone. We went to the mall and rode the carousel, went out to dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Trafzer (where Derrick won a green frog out of the crane machine! Like Father Like Son...Jon is really good at those things!), and on Thursday we went to the Arizona Museum for Youth with our friends and then to a delicious lunch at one of my favorite places...Sweet Cakes! YUM! At the museum the kids had fun playing in Artville and looking at the monster exhibits. Their favorite room was the black light room where they had several monsters for kids to play with. As much as it completely grossed me out I did let the kids just play and have a fun time. Even letting them put on masks! We washed and heavily sanitized afterwards and I gave them Airborne before we left for the museum! Yes, I know I'm a bit of a germaphob! The museum was fun minus the part where Derrick ran away and I could not find him!! Emma and I were sitting at a craft table and my friend had taken her 2 girls to the bathroom. Derrick kept asking to go play with the cars in the other room. I told him he needed to wait so I could help Emma finish her craft. I looked down for a few seconds and when I looked up Derrick was gone. I called for him and no response. I went to where the cars were, he was not there. I checked the black light room...no Derrick. I ran through the museum like a mad women searching for him, then I went to the front desk and told them I could not find my son. I told them his name, how old he was and what he was wearing. The 3 workers immediately split up each going a different way. (My guess is they have had it happen before because they knew right what to do). At that time my friend came out of the bathroom and we all started searching. As tears started to well in my eyes and my heart was pounding faster than it ever has, I heard, "We found him." "He's here". Oh, relief! One of the workers found him reading a book as if nothing were wrong! I was so relieved and upset that I didn't even know what to do! Anitra took her girls and Emma up to the lobby and I sat down with Derrick and had a long talk. He didn't even realize what he had done until I explained it to him. Then he snuggled up to me and started his little "sniff, sniff" that he does when he knows he's in trouble. The whole ordeal from start to finish was maybe 2 or 3 minutes. But it was the longest 2-3 minutes of my life! Derrick is a handful sometimes. I am learning what a head strong boy can be like! He is so different from my sweet princess girl, but I love both more than I could ever say. And we (especially me) were very glad when daddy got home Thursday night!
We tried to think of fun things to do while dad was gone. We went to the mall and rode the carousel, went out to dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Trafzer (where Derrick won a green frog out of the crane machine! Like Father Like Son...Jon is really good at those things!), and on Thursday we went to the Arizona Museum for Youth with our friends and then to a delicious lunch at one of my favorite places...Sweet Cakes! YUM! At the museum the kids had fun playing in Artville and looking at the monster exhibits. Their favorite room was the black light room where they had several monsters for kids to play with. As much as it completely grossed me out I did let the kids just play and have a fun time. Even letting them put on masks! We washed and heavily sanitized afterwards and I gave them Airborne before we left for the museum! Yes, I know I'm a bit of a germaphob! The museum was fun minus the part where Derrick ran away and I could not find him!! Emma and I were sitting at a craft table and my friend had taken her 2 girls to the bathroom. Derrick kept asking to go play with the cars in the other room. I told him he needed to wait so I could help Emma finish her craft. I looked down for a few seconds and when I looked up Derrick was gone. I called for him and no response. I went to where the cars were, he was not there. I checked the black light room...no Derrick. I ran through the museum like a mad women searching for him, then I went to the front desk and told them I could not find my son. I told them his name, how old he was and what he was wearing. The 3 workers immediately split up each going a different way. (My guess is they have had it happen before because they knew right what to do). At that time my friend came out of the bathroom and we all started searching. As tears started to well in my eyes and my heart was pounding faster than it ever has, I heard, "We found him." "He's here". Oh, relief! One of the workers found him reading a book as if nothing were wrong! I was so relieved and upset that I didn't even know what to do! Anitra took her girls and Emma up to the lobby and I sat down with Derrick and had a long talk. He didn't even realize what he had done until I explained it to him. Then he snuggled up to me and started his little "sniff, sniff" that he does when he knows he's in trouble. The whole ordeal from start to finish was maybe 2 or 3 minutes. But it was the longest 2-3 minutes of my life! Derrick is a handful sometimes. I am learning what a head strong boy can be like! He is so different from my sweet princess girl, but I love both more than I could ever say. And we (especially me) were very glad when daddy got home Thursday night!
5 comments:
Oh my Goodness!! That is so scary. I remember losing Josh in Mervyn's once. I was so scared & could not remember what he was wearing. He was playing in a clothes rack!
I LOVE- Love SweetCakes. Man- makes me want to drive there just to eat lunch there!
Glad Jon is back.
nightmare! Glad to know it all turned out ok :)
Isn't it amazing how they can disappear in literally seconds and give you hours of heart failure?!
I'm glad it turned out well and that you all are having fun!
My Lexie got lost at Walmart once. It was only for like 3 minutes, but enough to almost give me a heart attack! Makes you hold onto them a little tighter after that for sure! Glad your little guy was found safe and sound after only a few minutes also. We haven't been to that museum in a few years, we should check it out again this summer. My kids loved it the last time we were there. Yay culture pass!
Oh sweetie...that had to be such a scary moment. Thank goodness he was found safe and I am glad you explained to him the dangers of not letting you know where he was at all times.
Boys can be such a challenge. Love you and the pics are absolutely adorable ...that is really a cool place.
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