Where's Mandy?

Things can always be a bit crazy here at the zoo. No big surprise. However one particular sunday morning things were very crazy. We all slept a bit late then had to rush around eating breakfast, getting dressed, etc. I always go upstairs to wake the animals and gather clothes for the two youngest. It's also no big surprise that Mandy is hard to wake up. It never works to just holler her name. Over Christmas break it was quite normal for Mandy to finally rouse herself at noon. One day she told me "mom, I don't have a built in alarm clock like most people do...I just keep sleeping." Side note to that thought though, even with a REAL alarm that child is hard to wake up. Anyway, we hustle around trying to get out the door on time for church. Per usual I am always the last one out to the van. I jump in and Jim asks his usual "are you ready?" followed by "is everybody here?" Yeah, yeah I exclaim, let's GOOOOOOOO! We start to roll out of the driveway when one of the kids in the back says "where's Mandy?"

OH MY GOODNESS! That child was not only still in the house, but she was sound asleep upstairs in her bed. She is awfully lucky we were even paying attention or else she would have been left behind. Although I seriously think we could have gone to church and back and we'd find her still asleep. Ahhhh, Mandy....Mandy....Mandy....only Mandy!