Lessons Learned

[shysterb]

1. Open the windows -- all the windows -- before starting the seasoning of the cast iron-smeared-in-Crisco-at-500-degrees.
2. Pay attention when the kids come back into the house -- it will save both parents a heart attack when they look into the backyard and find both kids missing.
3. Teach kids to answer immediately the first time you yell out for them, rather than hide in a bedroom without answering through several rounds of calling.
4. Try not to scare kids as much as you've scared yourself.

Comments

[youxu.livejournal.com]

I hear you. Mine don't hide in the room, they go to neighbors, or go to backyard when you thought they were in the front, or vice versa. Every time I still allow myself to experience the heart attack. I am sure if one time I fail to do so, that'll be the time they may be really gone.

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

Ack!

Glad everything turned out alright.

[lauredhel.livejournal.com]

Argh! And no "hide and seek" in busy shops and markets.