Okay! So I drop Logan and Ryler off at preschool and decide to go to Walmart to try to find a present for their friends b-day party. While there, Shayla decides she doesn't want to be in the carseat inside the cart and is screaming...So I took the belt off Andin who is in the front of the cart and switch them. I tell Andin to pretend to be a baby and lay down in Shaylas car seat and I give him a toy. It worked out great! He was totally happy and she felt like a big girl in the front of the cart and was happy too. So I continue looking at toys (the cart behind me) and I step out of the isle and peak down the hall for a second to see if there is a price checker around. I couldn't see one so I came back and started looking at toys again not paying attention to the cart. Sometime in these few moments Andin decided to climb out of the cart. I suddenly realized he was gone and went frantically down the isles calling his name at the top of my voice. He was no-where to be found. I saw two employees and yelled to them to help me. To my frustration they DID NOT SPEAK ENGLISH! As I was explaining what he was wearing and what he looked like they were staring at me with blank faces. I immediately started to cry as I realized they could not understand me. They grabbed a customer walking by who translated for me. Soon most of the customers in the area had figured out what was happening and were helping me find him. One employee was trying to grab me to make me come to the Layaway dept so that I could wait there and they could bring him to me when they found him! NO! I refused to go with them! Andin was somewhere nearby and I was not leaving! Finally I heard someone yell. "We found him" so I went 3 isles over to where this person was but they pointed to someone else waving who was 3 isles further and finally when I got to that person there was someone else waving another 2 isles away. There was Andin crying...holding an old ladies hand...saying "Mommmmmy...Mommmmmy!" When he saw me he ran to me with arms wide open and jumped into my arms! I don't think he will be wandering off again. He was quite traumatized the rest of the day and wouldn't let me out of his sight!
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Lost at Walmart!
Posted by Michelle at 8:41 PM