Guest Entry from Karrie
Some kiddos will do anything to get out of going to school, but Karrie’s son, Sean, definitely gets an A for effort on this one:
After several days of giving Mom, Dad and Big Brother a hard time getting off to school, saying I have a tummy ache, my teeth hurt, I’m sick, my nose is runny, I’m too tired to go to school, etc. Sean plotted a diabolical plan before bed time the night before.
When Sean woke up in the morning no one was up yet, so he went around the house hiding all his shoes, his school shoes, his spares from last year, and his new dress shoes Mom just bought him. When Mom got up and around to helping Sean get ready, she couldn’t find any shoes, tearing the house apart and going crazy knowing she had seen them last night. What could have happened to them?
Finally, it dawned on Karrie to ask Sean if he hid the shoes. “No way, Mom, I haven’t seen them.” “Are you sure, Sean?” “Yes, Mom,” he insisted with an innocent look. Finally, out of time, and late for school, Mom grabbed an old pair of his brother’s shoes that were way too big for him and covered with dust and shoved those on his feet and said, “You’ll just have to wear these, even though they look a little bit silly.” Well, the little angel-devil couldn’t take looking so un-cool in his brother’s over sized shoes so he finally admitted, “OK, OK, I confess, I think I hid them.” After a few minutes of searching, Sean reappeared with his dress shoes to wear to school. For a couple of days he wouldn’t tell anyone where he hid them. Finally, he told Mom he had hid them between two laundry hampers and shoved Bob the Builder in front so the shoes couldn’t be found.
His school and spare shoes are still missing!
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