We had tball practice at 1:00, and it was pretty hot yesterday. So, at 2:20 when practice was over, we were heading to the car to load the kiddos up. I started to put Wade in his carseat and said "Wow, it is hot in here!" That is where things went downhill. Here is the sequence of events:
-Unlock the car, begin to put Wade in his seat, as Owen climbs in the car.
-"Wow, it is hot in here!"
-I picked up the keys, and tried to press the remote start button so that the car would cool down.
-I remember that you have to press the LOCK button before remote start will work.
-I pressed the LOCK button, then REMOTE START, and the car started and began cooling off.
-Wade started freaking out because he wanted to hold the keys, so I set them in his cupholder so I could finish getting him buckled up.
-Wade is all buckled up, so I shut his door and head to Owen's side to get him strapped in.
-I attempt to open Owen's door.
-It is locked.
-With the keys in the car.
-And both boys in the car.
-With my cell phone.
Thankfully, the car was running, and a/c was blowing on the kids so they weren't hot. Chris walks up and I started cracking up because this is something that is SO DAMN TYPICAL of our lil family. Chris, however, is unable to find the humor in the situation. ;) We were trying to talk Owen into opening his door, but the child lock was on, and he couldn't. We tried to talk him into climbing into the front seat and unlocking the driver's side door, but by this point he thought that this was the BEST/FUNNIEST thing to ever happen, so he was just chilling in the car, cracking up at me and Chris hollering through the window. Thankfully Wade was just chilling, and not screaming. This goes on for almost 30 minutes, and then the car turns off, because remote start had been going for too long. At that point, Owen got a bit freaked out, and climbed in the drivers seat. We were trying to tell him how to unlock the door, but the lock is actually really hard to grab and pull, and the driver's side has a billion buttons on the door handle, and he wasn't able to figure out the correct one.
At this point, we had about 5ish tball parents giving suggestions, and one guy said "Do y'all have OnStar?" YES! Duh! We have OnStar! So he tries calling, but alas, no service on his cellphone. Gah. Then another mom comes up and she has service on her phone, and calls OnStar for us, and they had the car unlocked within 2 minutes. THANK GOODNESS! After all of the excitement, we took Owen to Sonic to get a limeade for his valiant efforts in trying to unlock the car. :o) And Chris was finally able to laugh at his airhead wife.
So, we will definitely be renewing our OnStar service!
3 comments:
Don't feel bad I did the same thing with Izzy and Brooke in the car, luckily it wasn't hot out. Keys, purse and phone all locked in the car. I was in my driveway and no ONSTAR. Ran upstairs and got the old fashion hanger. Done it enough times it only took me 5 mins to break in. Thank goodness for old cars........Betty
Perhaps both you and Chris should download and install the OnStar app on your phones. Did he have his with him or was it locked in the car as well?
betty, that makes me feel better!! :o)
adam- his phone was in the car, too!
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