Shoe Fly...

Today at work while I was leaving a dad picked up his little one. I could tell he was a little frazzled so I asked him how things were. He told me his story:

"Mom is out of town and left me with my 2 boys, ages 1.5 and 3. It is my first time to be alone with the 1.5 year old while the 3 year old is at school. I thought he would be fine if I left him on the toilet for just a second while I grabbed my ringing cell phone. I answered the phone and I was my wife calling to check in. While I was talking to her I heard a flushing sound, followed by, "I am stuck"! I raced to the bathroom to find my 1.5 year old's foot stuck in the toilet. I really didn't know what to do so I just pulled hopping his foot would just pop out. It did, but along with it was a blood curdling scream. I took him to the doctor and I had sprained his ankle. When I was loading him into the car I took off his shoe and placed it on top of my car. Needless to say I drove off with his shoe on my car. As I turned down 2222 to come pick up my 3 year old I saw the shoe fly off my car. So now after I pick up my 3 year old I have to go back and fight traffic to save a shoe".

I felt bad for the guy so I followed him to the side of the road where the shoe lay in the middle of the road in a high traffic area. I pulled up behind and told him I would watch the kids while he made a dart for it. I was mostly there in case he got plowed down by a car.