Yikes!

we have a very informal preschool going on with a few kids in our ward. as i've been very uncomfortable and tired i've decided not to go anymore. fortunately a friend has been picking keith up and taking him with her son. so, this morning after he left i decided to take alexa for a walk and try to get something going. anything going. on the way back i saw 3 kids, none of which were older than 4, running around, crossing the street and playing. one, a little girl probably 2 1/2 or so, was completely naked.

i looked and looked for an adult, and as i got closer realized for sure, there was no adult out there. now, i know there are parents out there that wouldn't care about this, sadly. however, most parents in their right mind wouldn't let their kids run around alone outside, naked, on a cold day. how did they get out of the house, you ask?

apparently, the window at the front of the house was a bedroom. a child's bedroom. and the window was not only unlocked, but didn't have a screen on it. and that's right, you guessed it; they had opened up their window all the way and jumped out. they're pretty low to the ground (if you've seen the windows on the front of my house, you know).

as i got closer the little boy talked to me. i responded with, "where's your mommy? does your mommy know you're out here?" to which he replied a pretty firm yes, but i knew better. so i told him "you better go inside and tell your mommy you're out here."

fortunately, i saw him go to the window and climb inside, and i assume he did just that because when i was about 3 or 4 houses past, i heard her come out. she didn't sound too happy. and all i could think was, "yikes!"

in retrospect, i suppose i should've just knocked on the door and told her point-blank that her kids were running amok, but that didn't occur to me at the time. at least i got her attention through her crazy son.