Three little kittens...

[navygreen]

The boys each have a pair of those little knit gloves - you know, the ones that don't really keep your hands very warm but you usually put them on anyway? They also each have heavy-duty, waterproof gloves/mittens for playing in snow. Those are a pain to put on because they're so huge. Yesterday I bought them both a pair of nice warm gloves with a matching scarf. They're fleecy gloves, and they're not meant to get wet, so they're our "going to school/church/errands/etc." gloves. And the scarves looked so nice on them, too.

A.J. wore his new gloves to school this morning. I explained to him that it was really important not to lose his new gloves. I told him to take them off as soon as he got inside his classroom, and I told him to tuck them into his pockets but to make sure that he really stuffed them down in ('cause, you know, gloves will puff out of pockets if you do it haphazardly, and I knew they'd then just fall out). I told him that IF - and only IF - he couldn't get them into his pockets, he should immediately put them inside his backpack.

Fast-forward to tonight: I'm making sure everything is ready for tomorrow morning, and I find no gloves. I call A.J. back to his room and grill him on the gloves. He says he took them off as soon as he got to class, and he put them in his backpack. I already looked in there, of course, and I'm not finding them. I ask which pocket (there are three main ones, plus five small ones), and he directs me to the smallest main pocket in the front.

The one with the zipper not done. The one hanging wide open.

ARGH!

I guess a trip to the "Lost 'n Found" is on the schedule for tomorrow morning. If we don't find them, that's $10 down the drain on brand-new gloves. *sigh*

Comments

[redwink.livejournal.com]

I suppose the boys think they're too old for gloves attached with a string?

[redwink.livejournal.com]

I meant that to come out mommy-supportive and I think it wound up coming out snarky. If so, I appologize and blame mommy-tiredness.

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

Oh, no worries! I totally didn't read into that snarkily. It just made me start to wonder if they even still really make them like that much anymore...

[redwink.livejournal.com]

Can you get them on a string in the stores? Probably not. But you can string 'em yourself. Get some cheapo yarn and crochet, twist, or braid a length a few inches longer than your child's "wingspan". Then either tie the yarn to the clips of the gloves (if they have clips) or sew them on.

And yes, between my mom and my paternal grandma, I did have gloves/mittens on strings until late grade school. Why do you ask? ;)

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

Oh. My.

You must not know me well. I am a failure of a wife/mom. My HUSBAND does all the needed sewing!

[navygreen.livejournal.com]

You know, I haven't really seen any mittens-on-strings anywhere, come to think of it (and I don't think I've ever seen gloves-on-strings). I just know that he needs to learn to keep track of his stuff!