Just checking the mail Mom...

So when I got home Sarah mentioned something to me about how she had checked the mail earlier in the day and that there wasn't anything in there, which I didn't think anything of. A little while later Mary is explaining to me that she tried to take a nap while Nathan was also napping. After Nathan's nap Sarah and him were doing a great job cleaning up and Sarah was smart enough to use the stool to put some of the toys away on a higher shelf. Mary commented to Sarah that she was smart to use the stool and do it by herself. To which Sarah replied that she had decided to take the stool outside and check the mail while Mary was napping... AAAH..... WHAT? It's okay because Sarah reassured Mary that there weren't any cars and it was safe outside. Needless to say she was reminded that she needs to stay inside and never go outside without Mommy or Daddy's permission. Just tryin' to help I guess!

That reminds me... I don't think I ever told this story on the blog. Last summer after we had gotten the kids to bed Mary and I were sitting in the computer/toy room reading when we both thought that we had heard a noise like the door opening. I checked the doors and it seemed that everything was secure. About an hour later we get a knock at our door and a neighbor asks us if we knew that Sarah was outside, to which we puzzingly replied "No" as Sarah slipped back into the house through the back door and cruised down the hallway into her room and bed. The neighbor explained that when she got home from work Sarah was sitting on her porch chairs with her cat and that another neighbor had informed her that she had been walking between our two neighbor houses and along the sidewalk and that one person had stopped their car and asked her where she lived! Crazy! Of course, she was as innocent as could be and didn't see any problem with the late-night wanderings. What could we say other than we didn't want her to do that anymore. It was scary for us to consider the possibilities of what could have happened, but what can you say to a 4-year-old about that that they would understand... looks like we need alarms on our doors already! She's a fun one alright!