What is it with the people in my family? In the last week, the list of things they've lost is as follows and growing:
* 2 brand new school hats (never to be found again)
* mouth guard (found)
* mobile telephone (found)
* Council library book (still missing)
* Homework sheet (being replaced)
* Homework folder and diary (on a different occasion to the above but found this morning!)
* Uniform and pjs (found in a bag in the garage...go figure!)
* Wallet including money (still missing)
* Chin rest for violin (definitely still missing!)
Is it any wonder that I am tearing my hair out??
The last on the list....the chin rest....was discovered missing this morning about 20 minutes before school take-off time. Now, I don't know about you, but in our house, this particular time of morning is a real danger period.....tired kids, tired and overworked mother, rushing to make time deadlines, lots of stuff to organise! Yep, you guessed it.....today chaos reigned supreme with screaming daughter and equally screaming mother! It wasn't pretty!
For some reason there seems to be a silent code around here. That is that if you lose something, mum will be responsible for finding it! As a child, you suddenly don't have to take ownership of the fact that you've lost something. You just declare it missing within a certain time frame prior to leaving for school of a morning, do a lot of squawking and squealing and crying about how you can't find it and suddenly, mum will arrive on her proverbial white steed and search the house until it is found!
Well, this morning, mum had too much to do to get out in time! And the battle that followed makes me wonder if it really is worth trying to teach my children about the consequences of their losing actions! I dropped Miss 8 off to school in tears and with a quickly scrawled note to the violin teacher explaining of the sad loss!
Since that time, I've spent today clearing out her room, searching the garage, car and every little nook and cranny....to no avail! No doubt that if it isn't found, we'll have to part with hard earned money and time trying to find a replacement! Which leads me to wonder.....who really is the biggest loser now???!!!!
Picture is a result of kids playing around with my phone camera options!
