Sean had quite a day and I thought I would share this experience with everyone.....
Sean had decided to get a bit of shopping done today. Tristen is pretty much used to getting whatever toy she picks out in the store, as long as she is good. Well today Tristen had picked out a Dora the Explorer toy. Sean told his bubbly little girl that she needed to wait until mommy got paid on Friday then we could go shopping and buy this toy. Sean convinced Tristen that they could "hide" this toy in the store behind another toy so that it would not be purchased and it would be there for her on Friday. Sean goes on down the next isle to get a few items we needed. He then realizes that Tristen is missing. He searches down the toy isles figuring she was looking around. He cannot find her and becomes very worried. Sean goes to the customer service desk to alert the staff about his missing baby. The store puts out a code "adam", which is what happens when a child is lost in the store. Sean goes back to the isle where he had last seen Tristen and wouldn't you know, there she was hiding with her toy on the shelf.....
Sean has now informed me he is not going shopping with the girls by himself ever again..LOL
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LOL That is so sweet a story....They visited for a bit today and she told me the story in her own words...It was a hoot!!!!
Oh, my! I'll bet he was freaked out. Maybe she just thought that if the toy would still be there on friday, so would she!!
The Adam Walsh Story
Why is "Code Adam" important It can be a parent's worst nightmare...suddenly your child is missing. It can happen at an amusement park, a clothing store, a department store, or a supermarket. This is exactly what happened to Reve and John Walsh on July 27, 1981, when their 6-year-old son, Adam, was abducted from a Florida department store.
**Adam and his mother went to the store to shop for lamps. The store was about one mile from their [home]. They parked the car where they always did. Holding hands, they crossed the parking lot to the north entrance, the same as always. That put them in the toy department. Right in the middle of the toys was the big attraction: a television monitor displaying computer video games. They were brand new back then. Several children were playing with the game, and Adam asked if he could stay and play also. Reve said okay and told him to stay there until she returned from the lamp department. The lamps were about 75 feet away -- out of sight, but not very far. The lamps were out of stock, so Reve left her name and number. She was gone about seven minutes.
Adam was not at the video game. Reve walked down several aisles calling out Adam's name. She realized that not only was Adam gone, but all the children were gone and the video was silent. Reve spotted a boy about Adam's age wearing the same hat as Adam. She asked the child if he had seen another boy with the same hat. He nodded yes and pointed to the west door. Reve was positive that Adam would not go out the west door. The toy department clerk said she had not seen Adam. Reve started asking anyone she could find, but they all said the same things.
Oh, well, he probably just wandered off.
I'll bet he went looking for you.
Well you know how kids are, maybe he went off with the rest of the kids.
Reve kept insisting that her son [did] not wander off, [and that] something was wrong. All around, clerks kept waiting on people as if nothing had happened. She asked a clerk to page her son. "Adam Walsh, please meet your mother in the toy department." Nothing. After going to her car twice to see if Adam had gone there and looking for him on her own for two hours, someone finally called the police department.
The police later interviewed a security guard from the store [who] said that on the day of Adam's disappearance, there had been four boys playing with the video game in the toy department. They started causing a ruckus. She separated them and sent two boys out the north entrance and two out the west entrance. If Adam had been put out the west entrance, he would have been disoriented because he only knew the north entrance.
By the end of the first week, 150,000 fliers had been printed and 50,000 of them distributed locally. Adam's photograph was on the poster. The photograph chosen had just been taken the week before and showed a missing tooth.
Sixteen days after Adam Walsh disappeared from [that] local department store, his body was positively identified through dental records and by a friend of the family. To date, no one has been indicted for the abduction and death of Adam Walsh.**
get a leash a walkie-talkie or be paranoid and never let your kid out of your sight
thank goodness she is okay and this story had a happy ending
wow! good thing Tristen knew not to go anywhere. What a knuckle head. Put a bell around her neck when Sean takes her out. lol. Sorry I haven't commented lately. I've been crazy busy. Miles is on track break-no school for 6 weeks. yeah. He goes to the Boys & Girls club right next door to his school. He says he hates it but it's always hell dragging him out of there. Well it trick or treat time once again. The weather is looking fair here. A little smoky from all the Cali fires but still warm 70-75 daytime 55-65 night. not bad. well this is your blog so i'll finish by saying, we will be mailing u a package after the weekend keep an eye out for it.
peace.
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