Brendan Escapes

Brendan was about 4 and loved being outside. We could be coloring at the table I'd go to the bathroom. Come back he'd be outside. The boys were watching tv when Christopher comes and tells me Brendan was going to ask me for something to drink and has been gone a long time. Yep he got out. I would always check the pool first. My brother had a BIG dog and I always told Brendan the dog could accidental knock him in the pool. Luckily if he did have time to get to the neighbors he parked his big wheel out front. He would climb up on something to reach the lock and get to the backyard. (The doors in the house were childproof). So I put a padlock on the gate. One day I noticed he was in the backyard. I yelled out the window "get in this house right now!" Brendan started climbing up towards the window. I screamed "Get down from there and come in this house" as I went to the back door. When he came inside I wouldn't let him talk as I finished my hissy fit. Finally giving Brendan a chance he told me "I was just coming in the way I got out." Let me explain what he did. He got a sharp knife out of the drawer and placed it in the sink. Then climbed up the lower cabinets to the sink. Once standing in the sink he took the knife and cut the window screen along the bottom and one side to get out. I couldn't believe the screen didn't look damaged until you pushed on it. I should have known then I was in trouble.