About a week ago Madison had been playing in her room while Wayne and I were in the front room. Things got quiet, and stayed that way for a while, so I decided to go and check on her. I walked into her room, and she was not there.
I went to check if maybe she had gone in my room, but the door was shut so she couldn't get in. At this point I started calling out her name. I looked in the bathroom, but it to was empty. I then went back to her room to look again, but it was still empty. I remembered that she loves to hide in the closet, but it too was empty.
It was late, and I knew she should not have been able to get out the front door, without Wayne or I noticing, so I started getting worried. Where was she?
It then hit me I had thrown a blanket over the rocking chair in there room, a common occurance as it is a leather chair and I hate the cold leather. Sure enough she was under the blanket, asleep.
When I was a little girl (6?) I decided to play hide and go seek, but I did not tell anyone else I was hiding so they could find me. I hid by laying down on the couch and covering myself with the pillows. The couch was just the perfect size for me, and with the pillows you could not see me. It was just a dark green couch. Well I fell asleep waiting to be found. My parents (having no idea I was playing) started to wonder where I went. They called the neighbors, and the entire neighborhood was looking for me. My family must have walked by me over 100 times never, seeing me. My mom was just about to call the police when she saw a small patch of white on the dark couch.
Mom I am sorry for scaring you. It is not a fun thing to go through, but it sure is a funny story now.
I did that too. I fell asleep underneath the bassinet where there was a heater vent and fell asleep. It was dead of winter in Tennessee so it was pretty cold. As you can imagine my mom had the whole neighborhood looking and I think she had called the police by the time they found me. Gotta love hiding children who fall sleep. I am glad you found her.
ReplyDeleteI finally read through to the end of the story. It is a funny coincidence that your daughter would give you payback. So sorry you had to feel the panic - I would not have wished that on you or any mom.
ReplyDeleteThat is too funny! How nice that you found her before you got too worried! Your kiddos are darling!!
ReplyDeleteActually I believe it was me that found you. Everyone else was out scouring the neighborhood, and yes about ready to call the police. I left you there so everyone could how well you hid. There was only about a 1 inch space where if you looked from just the right angle you could be seen.
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