On the way home from the Aggie gymnastics meet last night, I decided to confront the suspect. So here's how the conversation went...
Me: So Brynlee, I found some things in the garage by the boxes. Do you know what it was?
Brynlee: What?
Me: No, I'm asking you....do you know what I found by the boxes?
Brynlee: What boxes?
Me: The ones that are in front of the van by the stairs.
Brynlee: Oh.
Me: So what do you think I found?
Brynlee: I don't know.
Me: I found some apples and pudding.
Brynlee: Oh.
Me: Did you put them there?
Brynlee: No (if you could just see her face...it was her "oh crap, I just got caught and I'm totally lying" face)
Me: Landon, did you put apples and pudding in the garage?
Landon: No.
Me: Ashlee, did you put apples and pudding in the garage?
(Now I knew the answer would be no because I never give Ashlee apples because she doesn't like them)
Ashlee: No.
Me: So Brynlee, you're not going to get in trouble if you did it. You'll get in trouble for lying to me but I won't get mad if you put the apples and pudding in the garage. So did you?
Brynlee: Yes.
Me: (thinking to myself, yeah, I thought so) So why did you put them there?
Brynlee: I didn't want them.
Me: When you don't want to eat something, just tell me. Someone else might want it or we can save it for later when you might want them. We don't need to waste food.
Brynlee: Okay.
Now, the thing about this conversation is that it is not a new one. Brynlee and I have had conversations like this in the past. She has thrown away a granola bar that I told her she couldn't have (I knew she woudn't like it) but she got anyway and didn't like and I found later in the bathroom garbage. Eventually she fessed up when I told her she would get in more trouble for lying than for getting the granola bar I told her she couldn't have and then wasting it by throwing it away. So I guess she thought I wouldn't find it if she hid it in the garage instead of throwing it away. Hopefully she will learn her lesson this time....but if you know Brynlee, you're probably thinking what I'm thinking.
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I finally caught on to Bryan doing this at the dinner table when I found food in the bathroom garbage. He would put it in his mouth then say he had to go to the bathroom and spit it out! Once when Peter was little he put his vegetables in his pants pocket and his mom found when she did the laundry! Kids! -Allyson
The joys of motherhood!
I can't believe you have 4 kids!
How are you doing?
I found you on Pam's blog and skipped on over.
That is too funny! I haven't experienced this yet, but the way I have to force my son to eat, I feel he will learn to hide food at some point.
I have one like that, too! The hiding places are endless. Cleaning always leads to jackpots:) They are creative aren't they
We had dinner with one of our neighbors last night and told them this story. She said that when she and her brother were kids, they would put food down the vents in the kitchen when their parents weren't looking. Just a heads up... you might want to check any floor vents, too. I imagine that wouldn't help the mouse problem.
LOL! Seriously OUT LOUD! Haven't had that problem YET. Dix tends to eat the food, but leave the wrappers in the strangest places...like inside his pillow cases. Let me guess, Lightning McQueen ate it. Riiiiiiiiiigggggght!
I feel better now. I keep having the SAME conversation with Ashtyn who sneaks her food into the garbage can while I'm not looking, usually at breakfast, and then lies to me about it. She's never gotten creative enough to hide her food in the garage though, which is hilarious by the way. :) Maybe it's the age.
Funny post! Glad to find your blog - I made my blog private b/c I received a couple of wierd comments from people I didn't know. I changed back b/c my 10 yr reunion is coming up and I posted my blog address on our school website. We'll see how it goes. I hate to find people only to see that they are "private".
Your kids are adorable!
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