Sound the Alarm!!!

Today is the last day before the kids go back to school.

I let them sleep in and decided it would be a pretty good idea to let them do whatever they wanted to do this morning. LM woke up first and I fixed her some eggs and let her watch t.v. while we waited for BigM to wake up. She came down about 30 minutes later and I fixed her breakfast. While she was eating, we heard someone's car alarm go off. It stopped pretty quickly then started again. Stopped and started. Finally, it went off and didn't stop. BigM doesn't like loud noises, so she complained about it and I had to tell her someone probably didn't know how to turn it off.

We live in a neighborhood of about 40 houses where I can reach out my kitchen window and hand my next-door neighbor an egg. As we listened to the car alarm go on and off for the next few hours, I began to pity the poor person who kept setting the alarm off. And soon, in my head I began to make fun, just a little bit. Finally I got annoyed because honestly, it was really annoying and I couldn't imagine who was that stupid to let their alarm go off like that.

About noon, I was thinking of taking the girls to lunch, so I went to get them dressed and realized LM was chewing on something. Further investigation revealed she had the keyless entry remote, meaning technically *I* am the stupid one who kept setting the car alarm off. Repeatedly. All morning long.

Sorry about that, Neighbors. But at least it wasn't as bad as this. (Mom, Dad- click on the word "this.")