I let David buy some toy handcuffs today while we were out.
He went with me to take Wade to the doctor for his one year check-up. It was a long morning. David behaved really well, but started to get bored when we got back in the van. When he’s bored he talks. He wouldn’t stop, and I just really wanted a few minutes of silence.
So when I popped into CVS to pick up a few things, I let David get some cheap toy handcuffs. I knew they would entertain him, and hopefully keep him quiet for a few minutes.
We headed over to the mall next. He asked if he could bring in the handcuffs, and I said yes. I figured he couldn’t do too much damage with them.
Wade was in the stroller, and David was walking along side it.
Next thing I know I’m pushing a stroller through the mall with a five year old handcuffed to it.
David chained himself to the stroller.
People start walking by and doing double-takes, turning back around to look.
I can only imagine what they thought.
It looked like I was taking the kid-on-a-leash thing to a whole new level.
I expected Child Protective Services to show up at any minute, handcuff me, and cart me off to jail.
When we sat down to eat lunch at the food court I made David put the handcuffs down on the table. When he wasn’t looking, I stuffed them in my purse. He was distracted by the toy that came with his meal, and thankfully forgot about them.
I think we’ll be OK as long as David doesn’t use the handcuffs to chain Wade up to the Pack-N-Play.
That’s too funny! We, too, have a handcuff story. My nephew was probably about 6 or 7 at the time. Matt had a pair of metal handcuffs laying around in our toy room. My nephew picked them up and was playing with them. Matt told him not to put them on anything because we don’t know where the key is. Of course, next thing we know, he’s got both cuffs on his wrists and they were locked! He didn’t believe Matt that we didn’t have the key! When we finally convinced him, he was a bit panicked. Our neighbor across the street is a police officer. Not knowing whether the handcuffs were real or toy, we thought he might have something that would get them apart. Too bad they were toy handcuffs and his keys wouldn’t work. He actually ended up breaking the links and forcing the locking mechanism apart. I don’t think we’ll ever let my nephew forget that day! 🙂
Hee hee hee that’s funny. I got a handcuff story that can top that one LOL! My older sister was dating a guy who was in the MP and he lost the keys to his handcuffs, so he gave them to us so he wouldn’t accidently use them. My younger sister went into our room and found them. Not knowing there wasn’t a key for them, she put them on herself. Well, my parents had to take her to the police station, and she was about 11 at the time. One of the officers we knew from church so he said he was going to throw her in jail for trespassing in our room and she already had handcuffs on so it would save him work. So she begged him not to! LOL! She never came in my room without permission again. But they had to get the Cheif of Police to take the cuffs off he had a master key.
HaHaHaHaHa! Too funny!
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That is so funny! Glad you didn’t get in any trouble, lol!
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LOL! I was feeling your horror. Kids do the funniest things. 🙂
Oh man! That is hilarious!
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Love your story 🙂 I would have been soooo embarrassed.
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Ha, ha, ha, ha. My stepdaughter had her handcuffs confiscated at the airport on year when she was leaving Toronto to go to Paris. Dangerous I suppose!
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LOL!!! That’s so funny (note to self, no handcuffs outside the house, lol). Kudos to you for not taking it away from him while you were walking and letting him enjoy it regardless of what others thought.
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Oh, that is great! Sounds like something I would do. That’s one way to keep em in there!
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LOL. Thats too cute. Good thing he got distracted right? Stopping by from SITS. Like your blog following you now.
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Hahaha!!! I am so glad that stuff happens to other people, too!
That is so funny!! I have a great story about a lady I saw in an airport using the “leash method” once.
I’m glad no one turned you in! =)f
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That is hilarious! I can just picture seeing you in the mall!