Lesson Learned

The other day, we went to an Abbey that dates back to the 1100's. It was a beautiful building full of art and sculptures hundreds of years old. We decided to take a tour of the Abbey so that we could really learn about all of the history. There were a lot of stairs so we decided not to put Cotter in the stroller. As you can imagine, the kids were absolutely bored. We were in the last part of the museum where there were separate rooms with antique furniture. There was a large red rope that sectioned off each room. Well, I guess Cotter thought that the 800 year old chair looked pretty comfortable because he took off under the rope and ran straight to the chair! We all screamed his name in unison and he froze wondering what was wrong. I slowly said "Cotter, come away from the chair." He started to walk back to me and as soon as I could reach him from under the rope, I grabbed him from his jacket and swung him back on the other side. I sat him in the corner and told him not to ever go under the rope again. He had no idea what he did wrong. He was just tired of walking so he saw a comfy chair to sit in, so he was going to help himself. Next thing he knew, he was flying through the air by his jacket!

We definitely learned that next time, we will take the stroller!