Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The Fire Alarm Lesson


Just about everywhere we go Colby asks me if there is a fire alarm and he tells me, "I won't set the fire alarm off." Let me explain this sudden obsession with fire alarms......Nate took Colby to work with him one Saturday a couple of months ago, after promising him he could go to work with Dad. Well all was going fine until somehow Colby pulled the fire alarm. It scared Colby to death! They had to evacuate the building. There is a call center that works in that same building who had to be evacuated as well. Colby was just bawling and bawling and kept saying, "I'm so sorry, dad!" The girls standing outside waiting to get back in thought he was so cute. Nate felt so bad for him. He was upset for a long time and really did feel so bad. He really didn't mean to, of course. :) Now he is extra conscious of fire alarms and what they do. Hey, that is how we learn sometimes, through our mistakes. Colby will never forget that, atleast he hasn't yet.

4 comments:

Abbi said...

Oh how sad! Colby is such a sweetheart, I bet he felt so bad. It's hard that we have to learn from our mistakes sometimes.

Caytee said...

That is about the FUNNIEST thing I have heard in a long time. We've all done it Colby. Everyone has to sometime. Love ya all! Sorry we won't see you at the Martin Reunion.

Jana said...

Thats so funny!!

Anonymous said...

To clarify this he actually pulled the pin on a fire extinguisher and let it fly. That triped the fire alarm.