Time: ten minutes until the school bus
Place: all over my house
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Me: Is your bag packed?
Kiddo#3: Um…
Me: No, it’s completely empty. Go get your lunch bag.
Kiddo#3: …
Me: Do you have it?
Kiddo#3: It’s not in the fridge.
Me: Are you buying hot lunch today? Are you only taking a snack?
Kiddo#3: I think so.
{note: my Patient Husband packs their lunches if they’re taking a lunch rather than buying}
Me: Okay, so I’ll pack that. Where’s the lunch bag?
Kiddo#3: I don’t know.
Me: Did you bring it home from school?
Kiddo#3: Yes.
Me: Then where is it?
Kiddo#3: I’ll look for it at school.
Me: So you left it there?
Kiddo#3: I don’t think so.
Me: You need to think about it. Where is it?
Kiddo#3: I’m sure.
Me: You’re sure of what?
Kiddo#3: …
Me: Is it at school, or is it at home?
Kiddo#3: I don’t know.
Me: Then when you said you were sure, what were you sure of?
Kiddo#3: …
{note: while this has been going on, I’ve gotten his snack together and put it in a regular bag.}
Me: Where is your water bottle?
Kiddo#3: I don’t know.
Me: Did you leave that at school too?
Kiddo#3: No.
Me: Then where is it?
Kiddo#3: I’ll look for it at school.
Times 4 kids. Ouch.
This sounds familiar 🙂 It’s always right before the bus comes, isn’t it?!
Cats are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay easier. Turtles too.