Date Night

I am telling you.......... some of the things that happen around my house are just "too" unbelievable. Seriously, the only thing you can do is shake your head and laugh. This is the scene outside my house Saturday night, and of course, it is 5 minutes before our friends are arriving to watch the kids so that Jay and I can go out to a movie. Lauren and Phil actually followed the fire truck up the street and were nervous it was going to stop at our house. Sure enough it did!!!

However, as you can tell by the mayhem in the backyard, it did not slow the kids down, or even phase them for that matter. So here is the story, Friday night or very early Saturday morning around 2 am the carbon monoxide detector starts going off .(of the battery is dying and of course this cannot happen at a decent time of the day sound.) So we quickly got up and change the battery in hopes that the little ones will sleep through it all. We were lucky and they did.

Saturday was a busy day and we left the house around 8:30 to run errands until about 3ish. We had dinner and I was cleaning up so we could go to the movie. About 25 minutes before we are supposed to leave the alarm starts to go off and I mean go off. Jay went up and changed the battery again (just in case it was bad). Reset it and we were hopeful. No such luck.... again the alarm is sounding and telling us to move to fresh air. Okay, I have had the windows open all afternoon because it is a gorgeous day. Reset again. Quiet... until Jay gets down the stairs. At this point, our only option is to call the fire department, because you would rather be safe than sorry. I get the dispatcher who asks me how many kids and pets I have. Let's see.... six kids, two dogs, a guinea pig and a rabbit. Long pause from the man on the other end...... We are instructed to immediately open doors and windows and go outside until the fire department gets here.

The fire department arrives and they come to the backyard to talk to me. The "chief" asks , "Are all these kids yours?" Lauren, who has now arrived and is giggling almost uncontrollably and snapping pictures as fast as she can announces, "no, there are 8 more inside." He was not amused, however, I was. We ,the chief, the fireman and myself, head upstairs to assess the situation. The chief announces on his radio, " it appears to be a low battery." Now this really made me mad. I told him," we changed the battery and I don't appreciate you telling everyone that because it makes me look stupid." So the fireman licks the battery to make sure it has a charge and promptly tells him that the battery is good. (Good job, I was impressed. Not even I would have done that. :>) They finally decide that the alarm itself is bad and that this is not an unusual problem in these houses. Whew, that is good news. I then tell the chief that I want him to clear things up on his radio.( because there is nothing that makes me more mad than someone making me look stupid. )I can do a good enough job of that myself. LOL. He looked oddly at me and I informed him, " I was not kidding." So he radioed everyone to tell them it was the alarm and not the homeowner!!

So the good news..... we made it to our movie (Bridewars, thank you Jay) it was a laugh so hard you cry movie..... some of the kids got fireman hats and we are no worse for the wear. Plus, we have a great new story for our blog. Have a great night my friends!!!