Thank you AMA!!

I had a bit of a heart pounding afternoon this week! Thursday morning was shaping up to be a busy morning with a few extra errands added on to my day. It was playgroup day, but then Rebecca forgot her glasses when she went to school, I decided that I should return dishes from meals brought to us, and since my older girls were getting a little bored during nap time - I thought I should probably take them to the library for some new reading/watching material. So, I took Rebecca's glasses to her school and let her show off her new baby brother for a few minutes. Then we went to playgroup, picked up Anna from school, took the dishes back to their owners, picked up Rebecca from school and headed to the mall. Since nobody had had lunch, we were there to eat out as well as it was about 12:30 by this time. We got to the mall and the parking lot closest to the library was mostly full. I am getting better at parking Big Red, but I still need a bit of space to feel comfortable. So I looked around and found a spot over by Safeway that even had some shade! It wasn't as hot as the day before, but still a nice day at about 23 degrees. I was getting all the girls out of the van and getting them settled in or close to the stroller. I pushed the button to lock the door to the van and set the keys in my purse and realized that Sarah needed my attention so I set my purse down (in the van) and turned to help her. Anna then decided to be a big helper and shut the door to the van! Now remember that my purse and keys are still in there, but so is my baby!!! Aaaauuuggghhh!!! Now what do I do??? I quickly ran into Safeway and went to the customer service desk and asked for some help. They looked up the number for AMA and told them the situation and I went back out to the van to wait for them. They showed up 5 minutes later and had my van open 5 minutes after that! I was so glad that it wasn't too hot and that I had parked in the shade. Gideon was just sleeping away - this didn't faze him in the least thank goodness. I looked around to find the AMA guy and he was in his truck driving away. He didn't even ask my name or if I had a membership or anything!! I feel very blessed that I was able to get the help I needed so quickly. You can bet that my doors will not be locked until everybody and everything is OUT of the van from now on!!