Things that I DON"T recommend...

I DO NOT recommend locking yourself out of the house...

Especially when it has been snowing NON STOP

all day.

I also DO NOT recommend not having your car keys...

so that not only can you NOT get in the house...

but you also can't start the car...

and go to Walmart for the shampoo

your toddlers dumped into the tub the night before...

and you also can't pick your husband up from work...

What you CAN do, 

is sit in the car with a cold little boy, 

and a SCREAMING one year old

who really can't understand why 

we are all sitting in the cold car 

instead of the nice warm house...

(Thank God I hadn't locked the car) 

You can also tromp around the backyard

in knee deep snow to see if you forgot to lock the back door..

(Which of course being a conscientious person...

it was locked...)

Couldn't I have forgotten just once to  double check the doors?

Lucky for me...

 I DID have my cell phone..

so my wonderful hubby was able to get a ride home, 

and let me and two little popsicles into the house...

I would rather NOT repeat the last couple of hours... 

After we got in the house, and wrapped up the kids 

in a nice warmy (that's what my son calls it)

blanky...

I STILL had to go to the store, and get what I needed...

While I was gone, my hubby caught the kids on the couch...

with a bag of cheerios...

and didn't have the heart to say anything...

even though they aren't allowed to eat in the living room...

Notice the shared wealth my son

left on sisters blanky...