interesting moment

had a moment that both made me laugh and smile and was rather worrying yesterday.

Sitting here on the pc and heard someone at the door and thought woohoo postie! then i heard them trying to open the front door and rushed out as well umm thats not normal and a little concerning.

And there is this TINY little girl maybe 18-20 months of age carrying a grubby white comfort blanket. Asked where her mum was the bottom lip quivered 'don't know' and i'm panicking jons come wandering to the door and he and the lil girl are standing there staring at each other and i'm freaking out lol. ended up getting pete to watch jon for a moment and getting the lil darling to hold my hand and take me to her house.. which half way up the road was rather recognisable by the truly freaked out dad out the front looking around frantically. She had gotten out through the garage and because all the houses pretty much look the same (yes i'm now in one of those areas lol there are literally 4 carboncopies of our house within 2 streets, christ u'd never want to get drunk u'd never find the right place again!) had gotten confused and thought our house was hers.

Daddy walked off talking sternly to the little girl but hugging her for all his worth so fortunately a happy ending.

It's amazing how quickly something like that can go wrong though, we get trucks speeding through this street ALL the time, or what if she'd gone to someones house who wasn't so parental and had her best interests in mind?

its truly scary how quickly things can go wrong with a little one, a jump that landed wrong, a climb that ended badly, a toy that shouldn't be swallowed, a mouthful swallowed too fast, a moment of inattention and boom. your world can change. truly scary.