Stranger Danger

Lately Wyatt, the Hendricks experiment first child, is constantly calling out for his Mother, Amandah.

W- "MOOOOMM!?"

Amandah-"WHAT!"

W- "I love you..."

Normally this would be really sweet. But IF Amandah doesn't say "WHAT?" or answer immediately, Wyatt is quickly and frantically looking for her screaming her name. What may have caused this behavior you say? 

Well, here is the traumatic story...

WARNING: the following story may not be appropriate for someone who is really private... but that's not Amandah.

One fine Sunday morning in September, the family were all hanging out at their humble abode. Max the baby was down for a nap,  and the other 3 (Silas, Amandah, & Wyatt) were hangin out watchin the booby tube, and playin  the marble race.

The elderly couple (Silas & Amandah) wanted some "Alone Time"  if ya catch my drift (wink wink),

 but they had to keep #1 child busy. What to do...

AHA!

The Nintendo DSi.

He didn't get to play much and it was SURE to hold his attention!

So they let the device do the babysitting for a little while.

{insert billowy curtains and fireworks}

Surely if their child was looking for them he would call out for them right?

Well, the two migrated into the game room to play a round of ping pong.

That's not code. Just ping pong.Yes, really.

 Then they talked for a while on the couch.

A while later, they heard a knock coming from down stairs.

They thought nothing of it (sometimes Wyatt tries to trick Amandah and knocks on the walls). If it were an actual person, Wyatt would come looking for them to answer the door. A minute later, another knock. Still, no Wyatt.

About 5 minutes later they hear Silas's phone ringing down stairs, "eh we'll get it later".

Silas  hears a commotion outside and goes to the window to check it out. As he looks down from the top floor he exclaims, "HEY! there's people outside!...... and WYATT's with them!! WTF?!

Well it was their lovely neighbors Carl and Jaycee. Apparently, Wyatt HAD been looking for his parents. But instead of calling out for them, he looked in their room, they weren't there, so he took off out the back door in search of his horrible parents.

Wyatt had walked DOWN the street,

CROSSED the street,

and KNOCKED on the neighbors door.

All the while still playing the DSi.

Jaycee later reported their conversation went something like this:

Wyatt- "My mom and dad left me at home alone. They went to their friends house way over there."

Jaycee- "OH? Uh, do you want to come in?"

Wyatt-"No, I can't go in strangers houses."

Jaycee-"ok, we will walk over to your house and find them"

So the couple took the lost child to his house and knocked on the door.

And knocked on the door again.

Then, they called Silas's phone.

Then, they called Amandah's phone.

[Enter Silas opening the upstairs window].

They then told Silas the story from ground level... how embarassing!!

Silas's reply?

"oh.... uhhh...., we were.... SLEEPING! yeah"

nice one Silas.

....And there you have it. The couple now wake to find their 4 year old on their bedroom floor daily. The poor thing drives his mother up the wall with his incessant wonder of where she might be. But, it is after all not his fault.

At least he knows not to go in a strangers house.