Another weekend another emergency

Being a boy mum is hard, I always thought boys were easier than girls, but after the last two weekends I am rethinking that!

I thought I might catch up on some of the sleep I missed last weekend, but the kids had other ideas for me.

9pm Lachie - “mum we heard gun shots”!
Nope that was just fire works.

10.30pm Lachie screaming - “mum, mum,mum the back yard is on fire!” And yes it was.

I grabbed the hose, which was not connected to the tap and the connection was out on the front tap, I stared to use the dog bowl to try and put the fire out, while Brax and the other kids grabbed buckets from anywhere they could.

After what felt like forever the fire was out !

One of the kids got a small burn on his hand ( he tried to use his hand to put out the fire!).

So it turns out, after I checked the fire and went to bed, Brax and Anders came back out to sit by the fire, which had mostly gone out! They poured some petrol on the wood, like shown by Brett and put it into the fire to get it going. What they didn’t think about was the fact they poured the petrol onto the wood next to the fire leaving fuel on the concrete. An ember fell to the ground setting the fuel on fire. The fuel container was still on the floor, so it went up too, taking a few patio chairs and the wood bucket with it!

Oh and the dog thought it would be a good time for a midnight stroll! He snuck out when Brax opened the gate to get the hose.

I was very worried about the burn, so Gary with his fireman experience came over and checked it out for me. Luckily it was only minor, no broken skin or even blisters, just a bit red and sore.

After winding down, I finally hit the hay at 1.30pm, to be woken up at 4.30am by the kids alarm, which they had set to wake up for an online challenge game 🙄. Thanks kids!

I wonder what next weekend will have install for us 🤔, I mean we haven’t had the police yet 😬!Lue lisää