Perhaps the highlight of the week.
Last night we went to Nampa to stay with Grandma while Janell went to a party for one of her old mutual girls. We ended up staying pretty late and by the time we got home parents were tired and Caleb was asleep. Andy went in to unlock the apt door and I carried Caleb into the house. I carefully locked the car doors (without my key) but left the diaper bag thinking I'd come back for it. I was so tired I completely forgot. This morning Caleb was kind enough to sleep in and it was wonderful. We were lazily getting dressed and eating breakfast when I thought I could call Caleb's friend, Jasper. That was when I realized that phone, keys, shoes, coat, and stroller were all locked in the car.
I emailed Andy and asked if we could ride the bus down to his work and I could get his copy of the Subaru key. When I told Caleb we were going to ride the bus he was thrilled and was running around getting my shoes and chattering about the bus. I changed from my sweats into something presentable and we rushed out the door without shoes. I barely caught the bus but Caleb was ecstatic to sit in the seat and hold my hand while he watched the driver and looked out the window. We are very fortunate to live right by a bus stop that takes you downtown. On the bus I remembered that Caleb does have a pair of boots I could have put him in, but too late, he was riding in socks. Everyting is super cool to a toddler: bus, driver, noises, big revolving doors, elevators that beep and even announce the floor you're on and especially, seeing Daddy at work. Andy's office has big windows where you can see things going on below downtown. Caleb watched out the window for quite some time and then we had to say goodbye. Caleb was very distressed to leave Daddy, but was excited to be someplace new. I carried him around on my shoulders and we strolled around a bit in the half hour we had before the next bus came.
I have now unlocked the car and Caleb is sleeping peacefully in his stroller with his shoes on. :)
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What an adventure! When Matthew was a toddler and Katie was a baby we took a bus from Lehi to Provo. (We only had one car and Jer was at work in Orem.) It took like an hour with all the stops, but Matthew LOVED it! They did have shoes on though. :)
Have a great day!
Our trip was an adventure for Caleb but not so bad for me--it's only a ten minute jaunt downtown. No big deal. I think two kids for that long is way different!
I loved the description of Caleb running around trying to get you out of the house, so he could ride on the bus! I wish I could have seen him on his big adventure!
Evie
That is cute to think of how excited Caleb got for the adventure. :)
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