On our latest trip to the zoo we had a brief separation. We were watching the penguins and I rolled the bike stroller down the ramp to get it out of the way. Steph and the boys stayed up there and I just waited at the bottom for them to finish. In a short time, Steph and Leyton came meandering down and she asked me where Grif was. I told her he was up there with her. Steph went up the ramp to get him, but he wasn't there. She came back down and I could see she wasn't panicked yet, but was on the verge.... I walked out of the penguin area and saw him talking to a woman and what I assume were her daughters. Before I could call for him, she started yelling "STEPHANIE!". I waved and called him over. When he got to me, I could see how scared he was. The tears started flowing just before I picked him up. He was really upset. It took a while to calm him down. It was probably less than 5 minutes total, but a little scary for all of us. We were very proud that he remembered what we told him about being lost. Find another mom with kids. He did exactly as we would have wanted.
