A Rainy Day Adventure

Emily's school has a policy that they do not release students in the event of severe weather, heavy rain, or lightning.  Today was an "early release" day and I was supposed to be able to get her from the bus stop at 2:25.  I arrived to the stop at 2:12 (they want us to be there 10 minutes before the bus is due).  It was raining but not too hard, although there was some lightning.  Bailey was watching Dora and Liam was content, so I decided to just sit in the car and wait.  Well, I waited and I waited.  After a little while, Liam got fussy so I moved to the back to play with him.  Then Bailey announced that she had to go potty.  I couldn't just leave, and besides it was raining, so I offered her a pull-up.  She declined the pull-up and said she could wait until we got home.  But then another fifteen minutes ticked by, and she started looking desperate. So I said, "Bailey, let me give you a pull-up and you can pee-pee in that, okay?"  She agreed.  I had to get out in the rain to get the diaper bag from the back, and you guessed it, there were NO PULL-UPS in there.  So I improvised and grabbed one of Liam's diapers instead.  Now I knew it wasn't going to fit her but I thought it would probably work. I jumped back into the van and poor Bailey was waiting for me.  I held the diaper around her and told her to go.  Now a three-year-old can make a lot more pee than a 7-month-old, so shockingly, the diaper did not absorb all of the pee!  Luckily I did have extra clothes so we were able to clean up Bailey and the mess, too.  Meanwhile, Liam was screaming because I had put him back into his carseat, and, unbeknownst to me, there was a triagular-shaped block wedged under him.  I strapped him in because he's so wiggly I was afraid he might fall, and in the process caused the block to press into his back.  I thought he was just mad but then I realized it was a pain cry, took him out of the seat, and found the block.  FINALLY, at 3:00, the bus showed up.  By the time I got everyone loaded in the car and seatbelts on, of course the rain had stopped.  What a day!