If You Get Fingerprints Done With A 4 and 2 Year Old

We got our fingerprints done today! I will explain WHY soon- we have some news to share. But for now, this, in "If You Give A Mouse A Muffin" style:

• If you need to get your fingerprints done, you will look up Sheriff's Departments. Then you'll leave messages with them.
• One will call you back. They will get your information, but be very confused as to why the agency you are working with does not have an authorization number or ORI #.
• You will e-mail the agency, then forward information to the Sheriff's Dept. The Sheriff's Dept will have someone really nice working who says "we'll figure something out!" Your appointment will be scheduled.
• The appointment day will come. The kids will wake up early and be fussy all morning.
• You will go pick up your husband from work.
• A child will poop in his diaper. You won't have wipes on hand.
• You will go grab a quick lunch as a family. The burgers will take a long time to be prepared.
• The food will be ready and you will now be running just barely on time, so you will scarf your food without really enjoying it.
• You will get to the Sheriff's Office on time! But the person greeting you will immediately say you cannot get prints done without an ORI/authorization #. All will seem futile for a couple of minutes. You will despair in your heart.
• Then the really nice lady from the e-mail will come through and get it all worked out.
• You will find out that since you are "out of county," there is an extra fee.
• The kids will be good, but getting bored in the waiting room. You will be grateful that there are no other people ahead of you in line (a mercy!).
• The deputy fingerprinter man will have the whole family into the printing room, which is adjacent to the jail cells. You will be tempted to lock the kids up, especially the still poopy one.
• The staff will all be very kind and helpful. The fingerprints will be done successfully (though not quickly).
• During the 30 minutes getting prints done, the kids will end up wandering into the jail cells because they are just about done with waiting and you will cringe thinking about the germs in jail cells. You will herd them out and scrub their hands asap.
• You will say 'bye' to the Sheriff's Department. You and your husband will talk about how this whole process is annoying but worth it.
• You will drop your husband back off at work, head home, and breathe a big ol' sigh of relief that it's all over!