…is Reece’s new game. Sometimes it’s really cute and makes me smile, like when I find one of her squeaky bath toys in a kitchen cabinet next to my pots and pans. Or when I find my potholder inside my crock pot that’s inside the buffet. Other times, I get a little flustered by this game. Like when I couldn’t find the receiver to her monitor that goes in the living room. I looked under couches and other furniture and finally found it sitting on a shelf inside the TV cabinet. Also, we’re down to one phone (from four) and we have no idea where those could be (phones have taken the place of boas and scarves as Reece’s fave thing). Yesterday I searched for a phone all day long and finally found one in the laundry basket. Perhaps the most bewildering “lost” item that I still haven’t found is the foot-tall bottle of Bed Head conditioner that I splurged on a couple of weeks back. With the pump included, it’s probably 14″ and the thing is full! I saw her lugging it/dragging it around the bathroom the other day when I was getting ready, but on Sunday morning when it came time to wash my hair, it was nowhere to be found. Not in the shower, not in the bathtub, not in any of the cabinets, not in my closet (but maybe in Scott’s – it’s too messy to even look through though). I’ve asked her several times if she has seen it, but I get no response. I guess I’ll go buy some Suave to replace it.
Update: FOUND!!! Reece opened a drawer on this little decorative stand I have in the bathroom, and there was my Bed Head (along with one of her balls and some other products she transferred from my other drawers)! I kept asking her where it was and she finally did show me. Sweet girl. No Suave for me! No Suave for me! (No offense to Suave users, but when you have crazy-wild hair like me, it needs all the help it can get…that means high-dollar products.)
Kaleesha said,
May 20, 2008 @ 3:31 am
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this post. I had almost given up hope of ever reading another funny Reecer story again. : ) There is one positive to her “hiding” all your material possessions though….next time you lose your keys and Scott starts to get upset, just blame it on Reece – I’m sure she’d be glad to add it to her list of confiscated items!!! We love y’all and can’t wait to hear what Reecer D. loses next…just wait till you have all sorts of new baby paraphernalia for her choose from – it’s gonna be fun.
Robin said,
May 22, 2008 @ 6:30 am
That is too funny.
Thanks for sharing (and updating) such a cute story.
Rachel Riddle said,
May 24, 2008 @ 6:01 am
PRACTICAL MOM, HAVE YOU TRIED PUSHING THE RECEIVER BUTTON ON THE BASE TO HELP FIND THE PHONE, YOU COULD UNPLUG IT AND MOVE IT TO DIFFERENT ROOMS SO YOU COULD HEAR IT.
HOW FUN, AND WHAT AN ADVENTURE FOR YOU AND REECE. WAYLAND LOST SOME KEYS WHEN HE WAS LITTLE, THE ONLY PLACE BESIDES THE HOUSE WHERE THEY COULD HAVE BEEN WAS THE FLOWER BED ALONG THE SIDEWALK, IN THIRY YEARS OF SEASONAL PLANTING I HAVE NEVER FOUND THEM. HAS REECE FIGURED OUT THE ELECTRIC TRASH CAN YET? GOING THRU TRASH IS ALWAYS FUN. KEEP THE STORIES COMMING.
Rachel Riddle said,
May 24, 2008 @ 6:25 am
I DON’T KNOW HOW RACHEL’S NAME GOT PUT ON GRANNY’S E MAIL, UNLESS WHILE SHE WAS HERE , WE’RE STILL LOGGED INTO HER EMAIL, ANYWAY, GRANDDAD DID NOT THINK THE PHONE SITUATION WAS VERY FUNNY, BUT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT HIM AND THE PHONES AT OUR HOUSE, HAVING ONE OFF THE HOOK REALLY, I MEAN REALLY BOTHERS HIM.
riddlefamily said,
May 24, 2008 @ 9:31 am
Mom, please log out of my wordpress account on your computer…it’s confusing me!! And yes, I did think to press the button on the base to “page” the phones. Unfortunately, all the phones are now dead from being off their bases too long so they won’t beep. As for the trash can, yes, Reece knows that she can put her hand on top of the sensor and it’ll open. Luckily Reece isn’t quite tall enough to dig through it yet, but she can drop things in. Hmmm, maybe that’s where the phones went!