less effective parents!

I have heard you are officially a terrible parent when you have forgotten one of your children and left them stranded somewhere. Well, we can now say we have arrived! Yesterday we accidentally left Kyle at our new home construction site. Story-Melanie and I arrived in seperate vehicles. Kyle apparently went to play on the dirthill behind the house while Melanie and I went insdie to check the progress. After checking things over,I had to leave earlier than she did to go pick up Brianna from gymnastics. So I left Melanie inside the house and assumed she would bring Kyle with her when she came. Melanie eventually got in her car to leave and noted that Kyle was not there and assumed I had taken him with me. (He was actually still playing, but was behind the dirthill where we couldn't see him). Melanie and I eventually both arrived home and Brianna said, "Where's Kyle?" We both realized we had left him. Right about that same time my phone rang. It was one of our friends out by our new house. She informed us that someone in the subdivision noticed Kyle walking, he was crying and in distress. She asked who his parents were and she knew our friend and took him to her house until we could get there. Our friend took good care of him, letting him watch tv and eat a brownie.

Upon arriving I gave Kyle a big hug and told him it was all his mom's fault and that I would never do something like that. Of course I was joking and just hugged him for a bit and told him we were sorry. What a terrible feeling leaving child. At any rate we are very thankful to our friend in our subdivision and the lady that picked him up (who is also in our new ward). Things could have been much much worse as he was intent on walking home which is about 4-5 miles away on some busy roads.

It also made me reflect on other times I or my siblings got left behind. Dan got lost at disneyland and as a result had to wear a leash-lol, hilarious.

Mark informs me he got left at a mccdonalds in Pocatello but only walked a block or two until mom and dad picked him up. This is actually amazing if this was the only time as Mark was prone to wandering off.

I got left at Caesar's Palace, but don't remember it much. I think my parents figured it out really fast.

Anyway, we are glad Kyle was ok and loved our kids a lot, just don't rely on us to remember to bring you home.

Jason did you ever get left or lost?