Tader's first brush with the law

I know that I haven't written in awhile but I had to share this story. This morning Slade and I went on an adventure to the SE Target. We picked up all of our goodies then proceeded to truck our way into the parking lot filled with 3 inches of snow. Since it was so cold and snowy I decided to put Slade in the car before placing our groceries in. As I was putting Slade in the car, he grabbed my keys. FOR SOME STUPID REASON, I decided to let him play with them. I proceeded to shut his door and wheel the cart around to the back to unload the groceries. Once I got to the back of the car, I heard the worst sound a parent with a 15 month old could have heard......The door locking! Slade had pushed the lock button on my key chain. I quickly ran to the driver side door and when I pulled on the handle, it didn't open. I started to scream (at the top of my lungs) NOOOOOOOOOO! I looked in and saw my little man pushing he lock button over and over with a giant smile on his face. There was another couple in the parking lot, watching this whole thing unfold. I can't even imagine what they were thinking! For about 1-2 minutes I was screaming into the car "Buddy, push the OTHER button" But Slade just kept looking at me, smiling all the while pushing the lock button. I panicked, Tom was playing basketball in Iowa City, I realized that there was no way I could get my spare set of keys in a reasonable time frame and since I wasn't wearing a coat, hat or gloves, I couldn't stand outside in the cold for long periods of time. I dialed 911 and told the cops that I had locked my 15 month old him my car at Target East. I waited for about 5 minutes thinking that 1 cop and possibly DHS would appear but I would have never thought that they would bring the whole Calvary. While asking Slade over and over to push the other button, I looked up to flashing red, yellow and white lights. It was a firetruck and two cop cars...You have got to be kidding me. The first moment, I thought OMG this is embarrassing but panicked mode still took over so I started running across the parking lot flaring my arms screaming, "over here, over here, my baby, my baby"!! 3 fireman fully dressed in gear, 1 fire chief and two cops pull out of the car! This is after they surrounded my car in the parking lot. I am almost certain I saw some Target Patrons hit the ground with their arms over their heads when they saw everyone pull up to my car. After about 5 minutes they were able to get the door open and I was able to kiss and hug my little buddy again. Meanwhile I woke my mom up to run to my house and find the spare set of keys. Sorry mom, our tax paying dollars took care of it!