When we got to the door, and she still wouldn't go in. She wanted me to go with her. I tried to tell her that she was late and would be considered tardy, and that she wouldn't be able to play any media when she got home, and I tried a few other things to try to get her to go in on her own, but she wouldn't budge. Finally a teacher's assistant came by, and asked if she wanted to go in. She didn't. But she ended up taking her hand and pulling her into the classroom with her. I told Delaney I would peek in through the window, so I walked around and did just that. I couldn't tell if she saw me, but she was seated at her table and was watching the teacher, so I left.
When I picked the kids up from school, I had the kids take everything out of their backpacks. I was pretty sure that Delaney had brought her water bottle home, but after a little while I couldn't find it. I asked where it was and no one said anything about it. Delaney said she definitely brought it home, but everywhere we looked, it couldn't be found. I knew it had to be somewhere, so we used a different water bottle in the meantime.
On Thursday I asked again, and no one seemed to know where it was. Delaney didn't, and we looked in her room, the boys rooms, downstairs, and even in our own bedroom. We looked in the kitchen cupboards and in the refrigerator and it couldn't be found.
On Friday, I took Delaney to school and I went up to the teacher and talked to her about whether she had noticed it. Her teacher said she remembered the water bottle on the first day, but hadn't seen it since. She said she would take a look in the room to see if she had it.
After school, the teacher motioned for me to come over so she could talk to me. She said that after she looked all over, Delaney admitted that she had thrown the water bottle away. I asked Delaney where she threw it away, and she shrugged her shoulders. I looked at the teacher and said I would get to the bottom of it. And we went home.
On the way home, I was talking to the kids and asking them again if anyone had seen the water bottle, because I didn't think that Delaney had thrown it away, and when I asked her again, she said that she didn't throw it away. I don't know why she told the teacher that she did. Finally, Ryan said, "Oh, I think that Zane hid it." I asked where he might have hid it. Apparently he hid it behind where we keep our cereal. So, I asked Zane about it, and at first he didn't admit it, but then he did.
I told Zane that he would have water bottle duty for the rest of the month. I decided to email the teacher and apologize to her for having to look all over for the water bottle. I told her that Zane hid it on her, and that he did not tell me the truth about it until recently. I then asked her if she would consider using him for some kind of task after school, and I could let the other two play on the playground while he helped her out with something. I am hoping we can do it one day when Andy's not working and we can both be there, and one of us can be supervising Zane to make sure he does what he's supposed to do. I really hope that she takes me up on that offer, because I would really like to see him have an appropriate consequence to that, and I think this would fit the bill perfectly. Otherwise, I will have to come up with another appropriate consequence.
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