FOUR little FULTONS: the SCARY elevator...

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

the SCARY elevator...

Today I took the babies to our local radio station, Sunny 104.3, so I could FINALLY pick up the prize that I had won off the radio. Yes, I won something! YAY! I managed to be the 10th caller & won of all things a "Mommy & Me, Play with me" gift basket. I was still under the weather but still SO excited & felt VERY lucky to be a winner! I had 30 days to pick up my prize & today had to be the day. Let me tell you it was an "adventure". I unloaded all of the babies MINUS their stroller & headed up to the 5th floor of their building. (I was not going to undo their 65 lb stroller for a 5 min adventure!). I had 2 back pack buddies (aka stuffed animals w/leashes) so I put Camryn, my heaviest, & Brendan in them. Camryn had the monkey one & Brendan had the puppy one. I then carried Avery & Lindsey since they are the lighter of the 4. It started out pretty ok. A nice man was entering the building ahead of us & held the door open for us. I appreciated that! =) However, as soon as they entered the lobby Brendan tripped, fell & started to cry. Being that it was an open lobby it echoed all throughout which freaked him out even more. I just tried to calm him down as we made our way to the elevators. I saw that the elevators looked like mirrors & y could see themselves. Well, as soon as the door opened Camryn walked on & the others started to scream AGAIN. They were really afraid of this contraption. A nice woman got on the elevator with us, she held the door open & I corralled them all in. As the elevator rose from the ground floor Brendan clenched on to my leg & howled like a dog. I think he did not like that we were not on solid ground. I kept trying to reassure him & finally I just picked him up too. Camryn seemed like the "old pro" of the bunch. You would have thought she had been on many an elevator & wondered what their issue was! ha! The nice lady got off on the 2nd floor & as soon as those doors opened up the 3 of them wanted OFF! I again had to corral them back in & before we knew it we were on the 5th floor. Once they got off the elevator they were like different children, all smiles & quite happy. I should say happy to be on a NON MOVING surface!! hah! The radio station employee that gave me my prize was amazed by them & commented on how good they were. Little did she know about the ordeal I had getting up there! hah! This was just another day for me but for them it was an adventure on...

the SCARY elevator...

1 comments:

KSDallas said...: I know being in the situation - it probably wasn't funny but I couldn't help but laugh as I read your post. I was visualizing the whole thing! You should consider being a writer in your next life. You have a great way with words.; October 9, 2008 at 10:48 AM

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