The fun never stops in the Felton household. Everyday seems to be one endless adventure after another. And going out to eat seems to add to that adventure!
Aahh... the day begins with the Felton clan getting up in the morning, having breakfast together, relaxing for a few brief moments before we all have to get out of our pajamas, into some clothes and start the rest of the day. By noon, Amy and I are dropping the kids off at Nana and Dzia-Dzia's house and off we go to "Big Top" Flea Market to replenish our stock for our booth there. We spend a couple of hours there setting things up, tagging and re-tagging, straightening and restraightening and restraightening again. Some brief conversation with the Manager there (she's really sweet) and we are out the door and down the road to get back home to pick up the Trips and relieve the grandparents! Sometimes this proves to be a task. Usually, one or all three don't want to leave because they are in the middle of some activity with each other or Nana and Dzia-Dzia. And you can always tell what kind of day it has been with all of them just by the way the Grandparents look and act, lol! If they are lookin' pretty frazzled, then you know that the Felton Triple Threat have either been at each other's throats for a good part of the visit,or they have been running the Grandparents ragged or both! Either way, the Grandparents are totally glad to see us so they can get themselves into "Recovery Mode" to recharge their batteries for the next go around, whenever that may be. At any rate, it is these times that we most appreciate Nana and Dzia-Dzia, whether they know it or not, because it allows Amy and I to get things done that normally we could not get done with the girls around. So, we pick up the girls and down the road we go!
The next question on every one's mind is what to do for dinner. Amy and I throw some ideas around like, we could just fix something for the girls at home, wait until they go to bed and order a bucket of Hot Wings from one of our favorite joints up the road, or we could go somewhere else with everyone and we all get a take-out treat. We opted for the latter this time. We usually only revert to the other option when it's already late in the evening and the kids really need to get to bed. But today, we opted to take everyone out to Subway! Usually, this is just a 5 to 10 minute trip. We go in, place our orders for the kids and ourselves to go, and we are out the door and back home enjoying our bounty! but not today. Today would be a different story... thanks to our smallest of the Triplets, Charity.
God love this child, but she can really get herself into a pickle without really meaning to do so sometimes! This time, we place our orders for everyone, pay and just when we are heading for the door, Charity exclaims that she really has to go to the bathroom and it really can't wait! Oh, wait, this gets better! Amy takes her down the hall to the Ladies Room, leads her in where Charity closes the door behind her. But before she does, Amy tells her not to lock the door behind her. Once the door closes, Charity then, of coarse, locks the door! The rest of us are sitting within view of the washroom waiting for her to finish up so we can get home and eat. Within a few minutes, Amy walks back to the door to make sure Charity is okay. Suddenly, I hear a lot of shouting from behind the door and a scream like you would not believe! You would have sworn that the Boogie Man had gotten a hold of this kid! Next thing I hear is Amy telling here, "Just hang on Charity, I'm gonna find someone to get you outta there!". Hearing this, I put my head in my hands and walk over to the scene. For sure, Charity had locked the door and could not get it to open back up. Amy comes back with the manager, who then admits that they have been having trouble with that lock on the door, and that they did not have a proper tool to open the door! No key, no nothing! What!!?? How does this happen???
At any rate, we try everything we can to get this darn door open: Screwdrivers, Credit Cards, you name it! The Manager then tells us that she has even had the Cops out there to get the door open and they couldn't do it either!! Now this is getting scary for not only Charity, but Amy and I as well! We are both starting to wonder if we are going to get Charity out of there without doing some real damage to the door there! Finally, a gentlemen walks up with a small screwdriver and wedges it in the doorjam and pops the door open like it's nothing! Crisis averted and we all shower the gentlemen with many thanks and much appreciation and a very scared Charity is released back out into civilization and holding on to Mom & Dad for dear life! Once back home, Amy explains to Charity that this episode is exactly why Amy had told her not to lock the door behind her in the first place, then giggles and asks her again if she is okay. Charity nods yes and says to us that she is never using another public bathroom again! We all have a little laugh out of that and the rest of our evening kicks in, finishing dinner, the girls get into their pajamas, we watch a movie together and it's time for the girls to get to bed. Alas, another Felton adventure is in the Felton history book, and probably will even end up in the Felton Hall of Fame. It will definetly go down as a day we will never, ever forget. Now on to the next adventure!
Aahh... the day begins with the Felton clan getting up in the morning, having breakfast together, relaxing for a few brief moments before we all have to get out of our pajamas, into some clothes and start the rest of the day. By noon, Amy and I are dropping the kids off at Nana and Dzia-Dzia's house and off we go to "Big Top" Flea Market to replenish our stock for our booth there. We spend a couple of hours there setting things up, tagging and re-tagging, straightening and restraightening and restraightening again. Some brief conversation with the Manager there (she's really sweet) and we are out the door and down the road to get back home to pick up the Trips and relieve the grandparents! Sometimes this proves to be a task. Usually, one or all three don't want to leave because they are in the middle of some activity with each other or Nana and Dzia-Dzia. And you can always tell what kind of day it has been with all of them just by the way the Grandparents look and act, lol! If they are lookin' pretty frazzled, then you know that the Felton Triple Threat have either been at each other's throats for a good part of the visit,or they have been running the Grandparents ragged or both! Either way, the Grandparents are totally glad to see us so they can get themselves into "Recovery Mode" to recharge their batteries for the next go around, whenever that may be. At any rate, it is these times that we most appreciate Nana and Dzia-Dzia, whether they know it or not, because it allows Amy and I to get things done that normally we could not get done with the girls around. So, we pick up the girls and down the road we go!
The next question on every one's mind is what to do for dinner. Amy and I throw some ideas around like, we could just fix something for the girls at home, wait until they go to bed and order a bucket of Hot Wings from one of our favorite joints up the road, or we could go somewhere else with everyone and we all get a take-out treat. We opted for the latter this time. We usually only revert to the other option when it's already late in the evening and the kids really need to get to bed. But today, we opted to take everyone out to Subway! Usually, this is just a 5 to 10 minute trip. We go in, place our orders for the kids and ourselves to go, and we are out the door and back home enjoying our bounty! but not today. Today would be a different story... thanks to our smallest of the Triplets, Charity.
God love this child, but she can really get herself into a pickle without really meaning to do so sometimes! This time, we place our orders for everyone, pay and just when we are heading for the door, Charity exclaims that she really has to go to the bathroom and it really can't wait! Oh, wait, this gets better! Amy takes her down the hall to the Ladies Room, leads her in where Charity closes the door behind her. But before she does, Amy tells her not to lock the door behind her. Once the door closes, Charity then, of coarse, locks the door! The rest of us are sitting within view of the washroom waiting for her to finish up so we can get home and eat. Within a few minutes, Amy walks back to the door to make sure Charity is okay. Suddenly, I hear a lot of shouting from behind the door and a scream like you would not believe! You would have sworn that the Boogie Man had gotten a hold of this kid! Next thing I hear is Amy telling here, "Just hang on Charity, I'm gonna find someone to get you outta there!". Hearing this, I put my head in my hands and walk over to the scene. For sure, Charity had locked the door and could not get it to open back up. Amy comes back with the manager, who then admits that they have been having trouble with that lock on the door, and that they did not have a proper tool to open the door! No key, no nothing! What!!?? How does this happen???
At any rate, we try everything we can to get this darn door open: Screwdrivers, Credit Cards, you name it! The Manager then tells us that she has even had the Cops out there to get the door open and they couldn't do it either!! Now this is getting scary for not only Charity, but Amy and I as well! We are both starting to wonder if we are going to get Charity out of there without doing some real damage to the door there! Finally, a gentlemen walks up with a small screwdriver and wedges it in the doorjam and pops the door open like it's nothing! Crisis averted and we all shower the gentlemen with many thanks and much appreciation and a very scared Charity is released back out into civilization and holding on to Mom & Dad for dear life! Once back home, Amy explains to Charity that this episode is exactly why Amy had told her not to lock the door behind her in the first place, then giggles and asks her again if she is okay. Charity nods yes and says to us that she is never using another public bathroom again! We all have a little laugh out of that and the rest of our evening kicks in, finishing dinner, the girls get into their pajamas, we watch a movie together and it's time for the girls to get to bed. Alas, another Felton adventure is in the Felton history book, and probably will even end up in the Felton Hall of Fame. It will definetly go down as a day we will never, ever forget. Now on to the next adventure!
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