The Shaman
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Our neighborhood experienced a power-outage last night due to a faulty transformer, plunging us into darkness for about four hours while the power company fixed the problem.
This was our first blackout since our baby arrived last year, and losing a toddler in the dark proved to be pretty amusing. I knew she was somewhere between me and the flashlights and candles, and I didn't want to step on her in the dark.
The funny thing is, you can rarely get a toddler to be quiet - until you want her to make noise, that is. My wife and I were tiptoeing around chasing a little shadow flitting about the living room.
Once we found her, without breaking anyone's toes or nose in the process, I found my flashlight and set out to light candles in the wall sconces. As I was looking around, I noticed the baby was acting strangely, moving back and forth like she was chasing something on the carpet. I thought perhaps a cricket got inside - she likes that, especially when I scoop them up and put them out on the patio - and then I realized, no, she was following the flashlight beam. I got a kick out of watching my little girl trying to pick up light.
So, got any amusing blackout stories to tell?
This was our first blackout since our baby arrived last year, and losing a toddler in the dark proved to be pretty amusing. I knew she was somewhere between me and the flashlights and candles, and I didn't want to step on her in the dark.
The funny thing is, you can rarely get a toddler to be quiet - until you want her to make noise, that is. My wife and I were tiptoeing around chasing a little shadow flitting about the living room.
Once we found her, without breaking anyone's toes or nose in the process, I found my flashlight and set out to light candles in the wall sconces. As I was looking around, I noticed the baby was acting strangely, moving back and forth like she was chasing something on the carpet. I thought perhaps a cricket got inside - she likes that, especially when I scoop them up and put them out on the patio - and then I realized, no, she was following the flashlight beam. I got a kick out of watching my little girl trying to pick up light.
So, got any amusing blackout stories to tell?
