Well it has happened. Zachy has pulled an Andy Dufrain from Shawshank Redemption. Not sure if you remember Andy but he was the prisoner that was quite and plotted his escape from prison...never to be found.

The other day Carmen had Zach in the FENCED-in back yard, both gates to the back yard were locked. Carmen was in the kitchen looking out on Zachy, and after several minutes he disappeared. This is not uncommon as he will crawl under the porch, hide behind a tree etc. However this time he seemed to be gone longer than normal, she got a little concerned and started to go look for him. Just as she was about to open the slider to the deck the front door bell rang.

A bit flustered she ran to open the door, much to her dismay Zach was the one that rang the door bell and greeted her with "open garage door mom, need bike pump." His "uncle" Rebecca had given him one of Gregory's old bikes and he was ready to ride it, however; the tires did not pass muster as he wanted to pump them up like I do everytime before I ride.

Carmen was sick/scared and scolded him as any parent of a 2.5 year old would be when their child escapes. She then said to him, show me how you got out here-he promptly replied "ok" and grabbed her hand to takes her to the back yard. Well our steel fence is a "little old" and has been abused by years of lawnmowing. Mowers have created a bit of space between the ground and the bottom of the fence-not a lot. Well Zachy pointed to this space and said "crawl under mom"...he freed himself from the backyard

While Shawshank never got their Andy back, we have ours back safe and sound.


Jeff