On our way home from Rory's Parent Teacher Conference Beckah dropped a toy and was really upset she couldn't reach it. I pulled over at the library since I needed to drop off some books anyway and thought I could just get her toy and then walk the books to the drop box. As I got out of the car my elbow hit my lock on the driver door, which also automatically locked all the doors. I didn't notice until I had already shut myself out of the car. The car was on and I could see my phone on the passenger seat, and Beckah and Owen staring at me from their car seats. It was just the two of them in the car.
I had a brief moment of panic then I peered through Beckah's window and had her unhook the top part of her 5 point harness (the only part she can undo herself) and get her arms out and see if she could reach her door lock. She could reach it but she couldn't get it to pop up and unlock. That door sticks really bad. She kept trying. Then she told me she would try to get her legs out. After a while of her wiggling and shimmying to slide her legs out of the rest of the harness she started getting upset so I told her to sit still for a minute and we would say a prayer.
I let her say it because she wanted to say it. I have no clue what she said either because she doesn't talk loud when she prays and I had the music still on in the car, but in my heart I was thinking I would have to leave the kids in the car and call for help in the library. Beckah said "Amen" and I asked her if she felt better. I must have looked like a loony yelling through the car window like that, even though it was calm yelling. Four people had walked past me and said nothing during all this.
As a last ditch effort before I called for help, I asked Beckah if she could try to get her buckle undone. She said, "Hold on a minute mom, I just have to squeeze it really hard and then I will get you back in the car, okay?" LOL She squeezed as hard as she could and one of the clips popped out! She was able to get her other leg free, climbed into the front seat and unlocked my door. I wanted to cry with relief. I told Beckah that she did awesome and she said, "I did! I saved the day!" She did, and saved me the time and/or money it would have cost to get a cop or locksmith out to the car.
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