This morning while on a conference call...

This morning while on a conference call... after an already crazy, messy, funny start to the morning, I got locked out of my house by the 3 yr old. An of course this is Thursday, the day the gardener comes (so I lock all the windows and doors just in case...well... not really sure why, it seems like a reasonable thing to do, but i digress) the dogs are inside today because our gardener doesn't like them (come to think of it right now I don't really like them, one of them pooped in the house last night), the baby is crying because I've strapped her to the high chair for a long time (afraid to put how long because it's probably too cruel) and the 3 yr old is running around doing laps between the kitchen, living room & play room. Typical morning. This conference call I have to talk on, so I go outside because craziness is happening all around me in the house. Did I mention the 3 yr old goes to school next week and we are looking for daycare for the 1 yr old!!! Anyway as I am talking I hear the door being locked from the inside. Then the pitter patter of feet running away from the door. I couldn't say anything because I was right in the middle of talking about revenue for the west region or something like that. The door was locked and last week I gave my hide-a-key to my cousin who was going to come over and feed the dogs while we were away. I debated which Daddy was going to coerce the 3 yr old to open the door - the "You have 1 second to comply before your life is over as you know it Dad" or the "Gentle Daddy that makes everyone feel good Dad". I bet you can guess which one I used... Ah life with kids, would we have it any other way??