Ginevra Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 You stomp all over the house, fussing that someone took the good scissors and they are not where they belong... Only to open your bookbag and realize they are in your pencil case, because you had to cut out a project on the go. Oops. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Yep. BTDT. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Yep. Good way to model asking forgiveness and that even mommy can make a mistake. Kids will remember that you admitted it. I usually can't find something because it is on the counter right next to me at the moment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Girl Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 But you (general you) get to take off the doofus hat if you apologize to everyone for acting like a doofus and have a laugh at yourself. On the other hand, you have to wear it twice as long if you insist--after having found the scissors--that you weren't the one who put them in there in the first place. I get THAT kind of thing a lot. (Yeah, kid, I tiptoed into your room and slid your homework assignment into the pocket of your backpack while you were elsewhere complaining you couldn't find it.) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Yep. Good way to model asking forgiveness and that even mommy can make a mistake. Kids will remember that you admitted it. I usually can't find something because it is on the counter right next to me at the moment. For certain! Good way to remember that anyone, including me, can forget where they put something, even if 100% meaning to put it where it belongs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 You stomp all over the house, fussing that someone took the good scissors and they are not where they belong... Only to open your bookbag and realize they are in your pencil case, because you had to cut out a project on the go. Oops. Oh yes! One of my most vivid memories from childhood is of my mother calling loudly in the house "Who took my good orange scissors!?!" The sacred orange scissors! I would be embarrassed to confess how often I say those very words! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Oh, gosh yes, been there done that. Again, and again, and again, and again, and again.... And DD13 is at the age where 90% of the time upon discovering she has just committed this same oops insists quite strongly that she did NOT put it there. I'm proud of the 10% of the time she acknowledges she was the culprit and gets on with dealing with feeling sheepish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 BTDT as well... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Oh yes! One of my most vivid memories from childhood is of my mother calling loudly in the house "Who took my good orange scissors!?!" The sacred orange scissors! I would be embarrassed to confess how often I say those very words! I have TWO pair of orange handled scissors in the kitchen. One pair is kitchen shears I use on food -- heaven help the fool who uses them on non-food items! The other are my good Teflon-coated scissors that I paid good money for after constantly having to hunt only to find old, cruddy, dull things. I have a shorter pair or orange-handled scissors on the home school table. They live there, and everyone knows it. They had better KEEP living there if Mama is to remain happy! Sewing shears are for sewing boxes only, and only allowed to be brought out for some sewing-related task. I have a pair and DD13 now has a pair (in her own sewing box). Any mishandling of these will be severely punished. We have some 6-12 other pairs of scissors migrating throughout the house, in various states of functionality. These tend to get tracked down at Christmas time, but the rest of the time they wander away. I know full well the importance of the sacred scissors! It's Mama's only hope of EVER getting to use a pair in good shape! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Absolutely! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Oh, yeah...total doofus feelings...and with almost the exact same scenario! :laugh: Hugs, Quil! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 lol, yes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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