GypsyOnTour
28-11-2007, 03:47
OMG!
My son, early this evening, managed to lock me out the house! We were both outside finishing some gardening, and I walked around to the side of the house for just a few seconds to put the bins out - he had manages to find a stool, stand on it and open the sliding screen door (which he knows he's not allowed to open without an adult - to go inside or out!) He then closes the glass door and pushes the lock in! (You need a key to open this!)
As I walk back around and call for him - I hear my daughter crying and go to open the sliding door and yep! Ive been locked out! I see his cheeky little face running up the hall with the toothpaste :smiliedance: - and my daughter in her swing now screaming for her bottle.
My mobile and phone is sitting on the desk along with the keys - and I have no way of getting inside! I try to call him to come and open up the laundry door - again a sliding door glass and screen with a push down bolt (can be pulled up without a key) and flick back locks. So here I am getting very frustrated and stressed by my daughters screaming - and I start to get very angry at him through the locked door. He thinks this is hilarious and starts laughing. I give up and rush around to the front of the house and try the front door - which he doesnt understand how to turn the lock on the round door handle!
Ok Im losing the plot now - and my daughters barely catching her breath :crying:- I run accross the road and introduce myself to the neighbours - and ask to borrow their phone to call my mum.
I run back to the house and try again to work on the back landry door. After much cheerleading and frustrated comments (swearing hehe) I manage to teach him to unlock at least the glass door! Ok so we're getting somewhere now! I try explain the same with the screen door - but no luck. (Turns out I broke it when I kicked it out of frustration!)
So the neighbours come accross (the whole suburb would have heard me!) and see how Im going and offer to go back and get their electric drill to take off a security screen (luckily my front windows were open)
At this stage - my daughter is barely breathing :hissy: - and I've scared my poor son off - so the only option is to either smash the toilet window - or crawl through the doggy door.
Doggy door it is!
Trust me - I ain't no size 8 after two kids - but I swear I must be made of playdough cause LOL! I got through there - dont ask me how - I think I might have broken a hip off getting through and the neighbout behind me must have seen a bum crack and a half :o - but I didnt care LOL!
All I can say is - if you have kids - give a set of your house keys to your neighbour, one to a friend, a bury a set in the backyard! :thumbsup:
My son, early this evening, managed to lock me out the house! We were both outside finishing some gardening, and I walked around to the side of the house for just a few seconds to put the bins out - he had manages to find a stool, stand on it and open the sliding screen door (which he knows he's not allowed to open without an adult - to go inside or out!) He then closes the glass door and pushes the lock in! (You need a key to open this!)
As I walk back around and call for him - I hear my daughter crying and go to open the sliding door and yep! Ive been locked out! I see his cheeky little face running up the hall with the toothpaste :smiliedance: - and my daughter in her swing now screaming for her bottle.
My mobile and phone is sitting on the desk along with the keys - and I have no way of getting inside! I try to call him to come and open up the laundry door - again a sliding door glass and screen with a push down bolt (can be pulled up without a key) and flick back locks. So here I am getting very frustrated and stressed by my daughters screaming - and I start to get very angry at him through the locked door. He thinks this is hilarious and starts laughing. I give up and rush around to the front of the house and try the front door - which he doesnt understand how to turn the lock on the round door handle!
Ok Im losing the plot now - and my daughters barely catching her breath :crying:- I run accross the road and introduce myself to the neighbours - and ask to borrow their phone to call my mum.
I run back to the house and try again to work on the back landry door. After much cheerleading and frustrated comments (swearing hehe) I manage to teach him to unlock at least the glass door! Ok so we're getting somewhere now! I try explain the same with the screen door - but no luck. (Turns out I broke it when I kicked it out of frustration!)
So the neighbours come accross (the whole suburb would have heard me!) and see how Im going and offer to go back and get their electric drill to take off a security screen (luckily my front windows were open)
At this stage - my daughter is barely breathing :hissy: - and I've scared my poor son off - so the only option is to either smash the toilet window - or crawl through the doggy door.
Doggy door it is!
Trust me - I ain't no size 8 after two kids - but I swear I must be made of playdough cause LOL! I got through there - dont ask me how - I think I might have broken a hip off getting through and the neighbout behind me must have seen a bum crack and a half :o - but I didnt care LOL!
All I can say is - if you have kids - give a set of your house keys to your neighbour, one to a friend, a bury a set in the backyard! :thumbsup: