Bill has always been very careful about fire prevention and protection. Windows upstairs had a ladder that could be rolled down,for emergencies, and then, of course fire extinguishers....MANY extinguishers...placed in prominent places through out the house...kitchen, hall, bedrooms and our vehicles.
Ryan (our oldest child...now adult) was always very curious....so, he would "tinker" with things........you know where I am going with this, don't you???!!!! When I would put Ryan down for his nap, we would inevitably have adventures!!!
I have always been very determined to make our bedroom a place of beauty and peace (at least in my mind). It has always been a refuge with my big fluffy bed......(which is why I named our bed the word, so I could tell anyone that called too early..."can't talk now! I'm in the word"!!!!
Onto the story.... one day in the land of Lonski, a fun, adventerous boy needed a nap. His mother told him that he could sleep in her big bed....mistake one. It was so nice and quiet after I put him down ....mistake two . After about twenty minutes I decided to peek on my little angel, so I crept up the stairs and EEEEEEKKKKKK! My wonderful refuge and son were covered in a puke green foam! It was EVERYWHERE! He had the fire extinguisher right by him and it had a little hose on it that could spray quite a distance......green was (and still is) Ryan's favorite color. He looked at me and said "look, I made your room prettier". His answer probably saved his life!!! His mind was so quick that he was always one up on me.....
It took a long time to clean my pretty green room and Ryan did get a solid reprimand, but he kept experimenting.....I couldn't even begin to tell you how to make those things spray..I guess it's like all the technology these days though...just ask a child and they know how to work anything!!
As time went on, we have had our vehicle explode in foam...thank-you again, Ryan, and it has snowed on all the children in July (at least that one was outside)!
Our escape ladder was used for just that...so I ended up getting rid of our safety device.. for safety reasons!!!!
One time Bill was able to put out a fire on a vehicle that had pulled over in front of us, but that has been the extent of " real "use of fire extinguishers.
I have not had the need to put out real fires...when I cook, there may be alot of smoke and an alarm,but the fires I tend to put out you can't see with your eyes...they are the fires of sibling rivalry or other relational squabbles. For these "fires" it takes the word of God to extinguish the flaming arrows!!! EPH.6
We still have extinguishers around home and vehicles, but lately they are an item that needs dusting. THANK GOD!!!
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Christmas shopping with the children
The Christmas bustle has begun in Brookfield...the town that my family and I live in! The streets are filled with cars, and people seem to be in such a hurry!
This brings me back to when we were younger and went Christmas shopping with the children.We took the thirteen children (number fourteen was still a gleam in their daddy's eye) and off we went! We always took roll call, so we wouldn't leave anyone behind (and sometimes it even worked.....that is, when another child wouldn't answer for someone else's name)!
We started out at a toy store called Geppeto's workshop....(wish it was still around) and everyone was excited,and hard to keep tabs of! We made a couple purchases and it was on to the next store. We piled into Vanna White (our big extended van) and were on our way. I took roll call and when we got to three year old Sarah there was a response....not the one I expected!" SHE'S NOT HERE!!!!!!"
Panic, fear, dread ...the what-a-bouts and what ifs flooded Bill and I!
Sarah was the cutest little girl...white-blond hair with big blue saucer eyes and a smile that would take your breath away!!!
What if someone would take her??? What if someone called social services and said we were bad parents...what if..........by this time we were back at the store and I ran in like a crazy lady! I ran around the store and found Sarah right away! She wasn't crying or scared like I was afraid of...in fact she didn't even know we had been gone! She was in the exact same position staring at all the baby dolls and dreaming of them being hers!!! She just looked at me when I called her name and told me how much she loved all the dolls! I hugged her and told her I know how she feels, because I have five living dolls that I love!!!!!! She really didn't get it then, but that's okay!
Wish I could say that was the last one that got left...a few more took their turns, too....all with different scenarios..david, matthew, daniel, elisabeth, amy wow!!!!!!
The solution????? ONLY the name being called could respond and it had to be a loud HERE!!! And for added protection we would count them....but, then comes the story problems...like ryan and david went with Dad, Christa went to a friends, and so did daniel, so.... how many am I suppossed to have?????ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! As Gilda Radner said "It's always something"!!!!
"His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me" (along with Bill,Ryan, Josh, David, Christa, Justin, Matthew, Josiah, Daniel, Bethany, William, Sarah, Amy, Elisabeth, Nathan and of course YOU!!!!)
This brings me back to when we were younger and went Christmas shopping with the children.We took the thirteen children (number fourteen was still a gleam in their daddy's eye) and off we went! We always took roll call, so we wouldn't leave anyone behind (and sometimes it even worked.....that is, when another child wouldn't answer for someone else's name)!
We started out at a toy store called Geppeto's workshop....(wish it was still around) and everyone was excited,and hard to keep tabs of! We made a couple purchases and it was on to the next store. We piled into Vanna White (our big extended van) and were on our way. I took roll call and when we got to three year old Sarah there was a response....not the one I expected!" SHE'S NOT HERE!!!!!!"
Panic, fear, dread ...the what-a-bouts and what ifs flooded Bill and I!
Sarah was the cutest little girl...white-blond hair with big blue saucer eyes and a smile that would take your breath away!!!
What if someone would take her??? What if someone called social services and said we were bad parents...what if..........by this time we were back at the store and I ran in like a crazy lady! I ran around the store and found Sarah right away! She wasn't crying or scared like I was afraid of...in fact she didn't even know we had been gone! She was in the exact same position staring at all the baby dolls and dreaming of them being hers!!! She just looked at me when I called her name and told me how much she loved all the dolls! I hugged her and told her I know how she feels, because I have five living dolls that I love!!!!!! She really didn't get it then, but that's okay!
Wish I could say that was the last one that got left...a few more took their turns, too....all with different scenarios..david, matthew, daniel, elisabeth, amy wow!!!!!!
The solution????? ONLY the name being called could respond and it had to be a loud HERE!!! And for added protection we would count them....but, then comes the story problems...like ryan and david went with Dad, Christa went to a friends, and so did daniel, so.... how many am I suppossed to have?????ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! As Gilda Radner said "It's always something"!!!!
"His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me" (along with Bill,Ryan, Josh, David, Christa, Justin, Matthew, Josiah, Daniel, Bethany, William, Sarah, Amy, Elisabeth, Nathan and of course YOU!!!!)
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