Fire!!!

There was a snow storm.

It was one of the coldest days of the year.

The repairman fixing the sprinkler system set off the fire alarm at the daycare.

At nap time.

The kids were in there socks and no sweaters because they were asleep in the cots and cribs with their blankets.

The teachers, thinking there really was a fire, grabbed all the kids as they were and bustled them outdoors as fast as they could. 

The big kids didn’t have any time to grab their shoes, coats or even blankets.  They ended up standing outside in the snow in their socks, huddled in groups, trying to stay warm under their teacher’s sweaters for 10 minutes.  There were tears, flushed cheeks and really cold toes.

There was no time to grab snowsuits and boots for the babies.  So they were wrapped up in blankets from their cribs and carried outside.  The teachers carried all the babies, even the ones that could walk so that they would stay warm.  The babies thought it was great fun.

The director was away on holiday for the week.  The assistant director had gone out for lunch, so had about a 1/3 of the staff.  The people that were designated to be the leaders and arrange for the kids to go back into the daycare were not there.  This meant that the teachers were scrambling and no one knew what was going on.  It wasn’t until the repairman, told them that it was safe to go back in, that they went back in.

That’s why the kids were out there for so long.

I brought Maks and Mat home and gave them a really warm bath.

Because they were really cold.

It was a not so funny comedy of errors.