Educated Dirty Laundry

Yesterday I did the usual Monday search of Laney's backpack. Yes the search should always be done on Friday so there will be no surprises come Monday, but we all know I am a big slacker in the mommy department. So bite my butt.

Anyway while doing the regular search and seizure on my kid's belongings I was given a gentle reminder as to why these searches should not only be done on Friday but also at random. After pulling out some library books, and a few papers I pulled out Laney's light weight pink coat and then Holy Great Pencil Sharpener a pair of underwear falls out of the bag!

I tried my best calm mommy voice (which I must remember always scares the mess out of my kids) I asked Laney why a pair of underwear where in her bag. That of course put Laney on high alert. She stood up very straight and angle her body just so her bottom was outside of spanking distance and did a stiff bend over and peak to see what I was holding. She then relaxed and said, "Oh, Friday when I got to school that pair of underwear was dangling out of my other underwear so I just stood up and pulled them out. I put them in my backpack".

Now let us analyze this comment. In class she felt a something dangling out of her underwear, stood up from her desk, reached into her pants, and pulled out another pair of underwear...................

Could you imagine some kid just standing up in your class room and pulling out a pair of underwear? What do you say to your student? How long do you wonder if the kid now has on ANY underwear? That poor teacher.

There was no note home and Laney acted like it was no major thing so I dropped it. Literally, that pair went straight to the laundry. I never had to wash laundry from a school backpack. There is always a first time.