24--Fletcher Style

 (times and sequence of events may not be exact as the relation of the facts is solely dependent on my memory)
8:00 a.m., Fletcher household, Saturday February 4

After a leisurely breakfast of french toast or "french toes" as Maddy likes to call it, Aaron calls the mechanic and arranges to take our car in so they can replace the thermostat

9:00 a.m.

We take the car over the mechanics and go do some errands. This includes a lengthy trip to Wal-Mart because Maddy cannot make up her mind about which stickers she wants to buy with her money from Grams.


11:00 a.m.

Get home and spend and hour and a half cutting the dogs hair and giving them a bath. (During the week we had spent several evenings shaving on the dogs as well. We cut about 5 dogs worth of hair off two dogs over the course of the week).


1:00p.m.

Leftovers for lunch and a call from the mechanic. Better not replace the thermostat. Looks like it is the transmission.

3:00 p.m.

Car has been picked up. Aaron takes Maddy outside with him to vacuum out the car and the Rodeo. Mom takes a nap. :)


4:30 p.m.
Holly wakes up and looks out the window. Maddy is inside the car with all the doors shut and Aaron is waving and gesturing to her. Uh oh. Kid locked in car. Holly goes outside and discovers that both sets of keys are in there with her as well.


5:15 p.m.

After about 45 minutes of trying to get Maddy to press the unlock button on the door, we decide to call a locksmith. The locksmith refuses to come because a child is trapped in the car. Our last resort is to call 911.

5:30 p.m.
A policeman, 4 firemen, and large fire truck show up in front of our house. Maddy happily plays away inside the car and gets a kick out of everyone standing around the car trying to get it unlocked.

5:45 p.m.
They get the car unlocked and we have breakfast burritos for dinner. Yum!

6:30 p.m.
Maddy sits on the potty chair so she can get a sticker. No one is watching her. When Aaron goes back to check on her she has one of my Zyrtec pills in her mouth. Aaron places a call to poison control and finds out that it is no big deal. (We think she ate one or two pills before he caught her but we'll never know for sure.)



7:30 p.m.
Bedtime for a little girl who did not take a nap. Aaron, Holly, and Tammy watch a movie
.

10:00 p.m.

Bed time! ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz



9:15 a.m. Brookhaven Church, Sunday February 5th
Arrive at church for Bible Class.

10:50 a.m.

Holly reports to the 4 and 5 year old room to help with Bible class during worship hour

11:40 a.m.

With just a few more minutes to go until parents come and get their children Holly tries to pick up/move a child out of the way so other children do not step on him while singing "Father Abraham" and hears a pop and had a bolt of lightning shoot through her back

12:10 p.m.
Holly limps out of church, unable to carry anything and barely able to walk. Manages to make chili for super bowl watching and then spend the rest of the day laying on the floor with an ice pack on her back as Maddy repeatedly asks, "Mama, does your back hurt? You got another kid and hurt your back."


Hey, I think our family can give Jack Bauer a run for his money (although I guess this is more like 28).