Open Door Policy

Have you ever been driving along on the freeway and all of a sudden you hear freeway noises all too clearly? Like a DOOR IS OPEN? Well, Ethan likes to lock and unlock his door in my car, and all of a sudden yesterday he decides that's not enough. He pulls the door lever and his door is opening up while we're speeding down the freeway towards Wal-Mart. I must say that for the most part (not all the time, mind you) I think of things before they happen and do something to prevent it, but I was totally unprepared for that one. As I'm desperately trying to close the door (which I must say is VERY difficult from the front driver seat) I'm telling myself "you can't forget to engage the child safety lock." Ya, a little too late, right? But if you're anything like me, you tell yourself you're going to do something and then forget to do it 5 minutes later when something else comes into your brain. My life since having children... In this case, however, I pull into the Wal-Mart parking lot and immediately put the child safety lock on. No more loud whirring freeway noises for me, thanks. It's at this time when I'm thankful I have to put my kids in a car seat...as annoying as it can sometimes be.