4 minutes, 30 Seconds Too Long

This is what happens when your 6 year old decides to heat a leftover calzone in the microwave...for FIVE minutes!!!

How could such a thing happen you ask?

Well, I had left to pick up Emmett from school and Hannah (our almost 16 year old) was in the bathroom showering when Lilly got a craving.  Being Lilly, she took matters in her own hands - even though she has been told repeatedly that she is NOT ALLOWED to use the microwave on her own.

From reports, I learned that Hannah heard the fire alarms go off, jumped out of the shower (her worst nightmare realized), threw some clothes on her dripping form, and ran downstairs to a foyer, kitchen, and family room filled with smoke!  Lilly was no where to be seen.

That's when she called me in a panic. 

Luckily, I was able to talk her through it and she soon discovered there was no fire - just a charred calzone.

And what about Lilly, you may be wondering?  She had ran out of the house -barefoot and coatless in the 40 degree rain/hail- and down the street at the first sound of the alarm.  She left Hannah behind. 

Now if I can only get the burn stench out of my house.

Yes, the windows are open airing out the house even though it is only 40 degrees and raining!