Apologies to Anyone I Flashed in the Pool Parking Lot

A few months ago, I parallel parked, got out of the car, and walked around the other side to get The Roc out of his car seat, only to find him standing by the curb, waiting for me. He'd somehow gotten out of his car seat and opened and shut the car door all by himself. Since then, we've been using the back seat child safety lock, which, like most devices designed to promote child safety, is extremely hazardous to adults.

The other day, after swimming lessons, I got in the back seat with The Roc to help him change out of his wet bathing suit. (The pool where he takes swimming lessons doesn't allow boys over three in the women's locker room. Because it's perfectly safe and appropriate to send a four-year-old into the men's locker room by himself, right?) I shut the car door behind me, forgetting that I would be unable to open it again from the inside, even though it was unlocked. Once I got The Roc dressed and strapped into his car seat, I realized I would have to crawl over him to get to the front seat.

It wasn't the first time that had happened since we activated the child safety lock. Unfortunately, this time, I was wearing a skirt. Even more unfortunately, my skirt was caught in the back door. Which, as you'll recall, I couldn't open.