An Almost Disappearing Act!

Baby C gave us a scare while we were out at Roxy 1U earlier today. As we finished trying on the clothes, DH went to the counter while I tried to cleaned up the jumble of slippers on the floor with which she was entertaining herself. (Oh ya, she only likes shopping for shoes and cars...clothes is a big no-no :p )

So when I was cleaning up, I told her to go look for daddy who was in the queue at the counter. Having picked up the slippers and putting them back, I walked over to the counter and saw her standing next to her daddy below the counter so I went ahead to look at some bags.

Then DH called over and asked me where she was and I told him she was with him at the counter and to my horror, she wasn't! Just at that moment, a Roxy salesguy came up to me and asked if i had come with a child, and that the child had run out of the store....I immediately ran out of the shop and looked left and right...oh no...no sight of her...i spun 360 degrees and still no baby C! All the while, I was still calm but my mind was already working overtime...what's the next step etc. I heard the salesguy call and he pointed straight ahead....I walked that direction and praise the Lord Jesus, I saw her head bobbing behind some people seated at a food outlet at the concourse. I immediately called her and she came running happily. She wasn't old enough to be frightened I think cos she was smiling and dancing when I first spotted her. I also thank the Lord that most ppl had gone off for CNY and it wasn't as crowded as it usually is during weekends....and I thank the Lord too for the attentive salesguy who pointed out the way she went...if not, I would not have been able to spot her so fast.

Well, lesson learnt here today was that to communicate to each other where she is as DH later told me that he wasn't aware that she was with him the time she was at the counter....and NEVER EVER to take your eyes off little toddlers!