I have been ignoring the blog lately...obviously! Nothing too exciting going on, a little knitting here and there but nothing worth sharing. Until yesterday...
I was sitting in the living room in the morning and Henry managed to get out the front door. I was right there, no big deal, I didn't really give it much thought other than to check the door and make sure it was shut tight. I have child locks on all the doors that access the outside world, but the latch of the door was sticking, making the child lock useless. I thought (keyword, thought) I had fixed the problem.
Around 10:30 I was upstairs and Henry went downstairs telling me he was going to play with Jack (the toddler across the street). I didn't really think anything of it. When I came downstairs about 5 minutes later, I couldn't find Henry. I looked at the door, and the latch was stuck again (and the deadbolt was open...he has been able to do that for months). I looked outside thinking Henry would be right out front or in Jack's yard. He was nowhere to be seen. I sent Gwyneth down the street to look, did one more quick check of the house and dialed the police.
The neighbors and the police were searching when Sue and Jack arrived home (it had probably been about 10 minutes). Sue went into the house to put Jack down so she could help in the search. She found Henry upstairs playing in Jacks room! I had checked Sue's front door which was locked, apparently Henry walked around the house until he found an open door and let himself in.
Just to add a little humor to the incident, Sue called me 5 minutes after we got home to inform me that Henry had pooped in her toilet (and not flushed). Apparently,not only is Henry a common criminal but he has really bad manners too!
I was impressed with how quickly the police responded. They were here in a matter of minutes and, although I only saw one police officer from our end of the culdesac, Sue saw several on her drive back into the neighborhood. Henry has been told he can't visit friends houses alone (especially when his friends are not there), and I have almost stopped shaking!
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