False Alarm

I took the two older kids to the grocery store today, a good half hour away to do a bulk shop.  After a Nana spotting (she was driving in the next lane over and the kids made me try to get her attention and we missed our turn), we arrived and started our shop in the giant store.  The kids were very excited to be there as Chris usually takes them, so they had to show me all the their favorite parts (like the toy train display that causes Lanie to cry when they leave).  After getting about two thirds around the store, a loud alarm started ringing, and after a minute or two continued to ring.  I took Vivian out of the full cart (she had insisted on riding in the car section of the children's cart) and we left the store.  Luckily, after twenty minutes and several fire trucks, and many, many questions by a slightly anxious Sam, we were allowed to return and finish our shopping.  And even more luckily, we were leaving the frozen foods until last.

Not helpful when you look up to determine if there is an emergency and this is the decor of the store.  Fake windows with red and yellow light shining through.  Sam was also convinced that he smelled smoke.

The kids recorded the fire engines arriving for Lanie because she loves sirens and trucks and always asks to "See loud?" when sirens go by.  I have a minute and a half video on my phone of trucks idling outside the store while the kids have a running commentary on the events.