Locked in and Loving it!

Today I got off work at 10:30 (b/c I work Saturday and have to comp the hours) so I picked up Olivia early from daycare. Once we were home, I went upstairs to change & Olivia went in her room, & slammed the door behind her. I could hear her yelling, in the most cheerful voice, "Mom, I yocked in my room". And I took my time-thinking that she was just having fun. When I got downstairs, I tried to open her door, and couldn't! I wiggled on the handle & it was locked! She was just having a hayday on the other side though. Meanwhile, between her giggling & tickling my toes under the door (there's about a 2 inch gap b/w the floor & door), I'm trying to keep my cool so I don't freak her out. I tried and tried getting it open-using the credit card trick and everything. It was close to Pat's lunch, so I called him-"I have a problem. Olivia has locked herself in her room. She's fine-actually having a ball with it, but I'm a little freaked out myself." So he was on his way. In the meantime, I'm trying to get Olivia to turn the button on the handle, only to find out later that there is no lock on this door- I think the handle just broke when she shut it so hard. But she's just playing away-and once said to me "Knock Knock Mommy" Me- "Who's there?" Olivia- "It just me!" There's one of those moments with her that just melts me. I'm glad she was having fun-it certainly helped me remain calmer. Pat got home & couldn't get the door open- she was still playing away-could hear drawers being open, toys being dug out of her box, and her bouncing around. As Pat was trying, she giggles, "Daddy, hurry up & fix this!". In the end, Pat had to pry the trim board off the side of the door, and used the screwdriver to get the door open. Olivia wasn't the least bit scared or worried, but he was my hero! In the 15 minutes (which seemed like 15 hours to me) that she was locked in, she had pulled off this attire-the cute tutu & I'm not even sure where she found the headband-she wore it as an infant-And of course I just had to have a picture to go with the story. We spent the remainder of the day snuggling, taking a good nap, dancing, playing, & just having a great day together.