The unlikely hero

What was suppose to have been just a quiet day at home with my sick 5 yr old, turned out to be not so quiet at lunch time. Since Jay and Jonathan had went to church this morning, I decided i was going to make lunch and have everything ready for when they got home. What started out as a good plan had me waiting for the oven to cool down so I could clean the flour I threw in there out. Why did I throw flour in the oven you may ask?

Before turning the oven on to pre-heat it, I pulled out the baking trays, unaware of the near disaster that would follow. Meatloaf and veggies ready to go in the oven to cook, placed in the oven and waiting. Abot 10 minutes later, my sweet little Sara comes running to me and says "fire mommy', not sure what she was talking about, I went to the kitchen to look. Sure enough there was a fire in the oven. I quickly turned off the oven, assessed the situation and pulled out the baking dishes I had my food in. There was a plastic plate (that previously had cookies on it) that someone hid in the very top rack in the back (probably to try and hide the fact that there were no more cookies). The plastic had melted and dripped onto the heating coil and caused it to catch fire. The only thing I had on hand that could reach it was a container of flour, so that's what I did. I threw flour on it. The fire was out within seconds, but within the next few seconds we had to endure the high pitched sound of all smoke alarms going off in the house for about 30 minutes.

So lunch was not ready when my family got home, I had one heck of a mess to clean up, but thankful I still have a house standing. Who ever knew that a sweet little girl, who is a mere 33 inches tall and cute as ever would save the day? Thank you Sara Grace you are mommy's little hero!