I am still caring for my oldest granddaughter...and it still feels strange to say that.
She is such a darling. This is the longest time she's gone without her parents, but she has done well.
She has a wonderful imagination. Yesterday, she was 'betending' a bear was in the house. She was running around screaming in mock terror, slamming doors.
I was getting dressed and stepped into the hall to yell, " hey 🐻 bear! You better mind your manners!" Quick as a wink, she darted past me to slam the bathroom door too.
"Don't worry grandma! I have locked all the doors!"
Indeed she had. I quickly bent to look at the lock. They were different from the locks I 'picked' when my own were doing this sort of thing. I had two dogs locked in different bedrooms (did I mention the second floor has all new carpets?) I also had hot rollers plugged in the now locked bathroom. I had no phone. It also was locked in my room.
I said "oh no! Grandma can't unlock the doors!" The little pipsqueak looked at me as if I were the most ridiculous grandmother in the world. In her most reasonable voice, she said, "we just need a penny! I will unlock them for you!"
And she did.
I think she'll need to "be watched" for many years! Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteA lovely lively lass!
ReplyDeleteNow I know where the expression "to spend a penny" (when you need the loo) comes from!
ReplyDeleteShe unlocked the doors with a penny?
ReplyDeleteYou can't argue with children's logic.
ReplyDeleteThis was funny & dear! But were the locks imaginary or real?
ReplyDeleteHey! That Anonymous comment was me, why'd it do that?
ReplyDeleteHow did she possibly know about pay toilets? That is spending a penny.
ReplyDeleteShe sounds like a complete joy!
ReplyDeleteHah! That’s cool.
ReplyDeleteSounds like she has played that game before! She will keep you on your toes, Grandma! Have fun!
ReplyDeleteBloody kids. Last fall Jack locked my husband in the mudroom while I was still sleeping. I woke up to knocking. There is now a key in the mudroom:)
ReplyDeleteIt's a good thing she knows how to unlock the doors as well:)
So, we learn from kids if we listen.
ReplyDeleteWe always kept a small nail tucked in the top of the door frame. You could just push the nail in the hole to 'pop' he lock from the outside. At first glance there was no hole in these new fangled locks. There was a moment of panic but Iris showed me that a coin could be used as a screwdriver to unlock the door.
ReplyDeleteWe had something that looked like a tiny, tiny allen wrench to unlock ours. I'm glad she knew the trick for theirs!
ReplyDeleteThat was from me.... Kelly
DeleteAfter being sent to bed without supper ( I was under two) for being naughty , I locked my Mother and grandmother in the kitchen. Then I couldn't unlock it!! Luckily my Mother slid newspaper under the door where I could put the key. She unlocked the door... and I got supper!!
ReplyDeleteAnd when she's older, she'll learn to switch the outside knob for the inside knob, to lock her bedroom door and herself in.
ReplyDeleteMy oldest did that trick.
DeleteWell, that's a new one to me. Life sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteIf you go to the small Norfolk town of Kings Lynn, not far from the royal house at Sandringham, you may spot a very scruffy and tumbledown locksmith's shop. But this unlikely premises has a "By Royal Appointment" badge proudly displayed. I always wonder what kind of royal emergency was dealt with by the locksmith - "Little Charles has just locked all the doors and ones Corgis are threatening the carpets!"
ReplyDeleteHa! This predicts an interesting future. :D
ReplyDeleteWe used to use nails to unlock the doors in my house. I'm not quite sure how a penny works, but I don't doubt your granddaughter's lock-picking talents!
LOL. I can envision just such a thing happening.
ReplyDeletelaughing at John's comment. We had those sort of locks on our bedrooms when we were kids - VERY handy for unlocking
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