Mother of the Year

So I should win the Mother of the Year Award, right??? Not so much. I had one of those moments that I hope will not land my child on the couch of some shrink some day...

Jonas came home from school last week and I checked his backpack like I usually do. Inside there were papers, crafts, and a toy. A toy that did not belong to him. It was some kind of action figure. I calmly asked Jonas where it came from. He replied. "Hmmm, I am not sure who put that in my backpack. But it fell out and Mrs. Jeni (his teacher) told me to put it in my backpack." I then said "How did it get in your backpack in the first place?" He said, " Maybe someone put it there." Now, I have never thought that Jonas would ever take anything that wasn't his. Also, he usually fesses up pretty quickly when he has done something wrong. But, something just didn't seem to add up. So, I started to interrogate him. (just a little side note -- I was majorly PMSing that day.) Anyway, I kept asking him over and over what happened. He began to cry and said it was his friend's toy. For some reason, I just knew that he had taken it from his friend and put it in his backpack, even though he had never done anything like that before! It finally ended with a time-out and a long lecture on telling the truth.

On the next school day, Jonas and I went in and he was supposed to give the toy to his friend and apologize. His friend was not there yet, so I gave Mrs. Jeni the toy. She said, "I remember this toy. When we were putting up our backpacks, it was laying on Jonas' bag and I told him to put it in his backpack."

OOPS!!! I hugged Jonas and told him that everything was fine and we would talk after school. Meanwhile, I shrunk back to the car and felt like dirt for the rest of the day. Don't get me wrong, I was thrilled Jonas wasn't a klepto and he was just doing what his teacher had asked. (Even though, I did point out to him that he should have told Mrs. Jeni it was his friend's toy.) I was just feeling terrible that I had falsely accused and not considered him innocent until proven guilty.

So, there it is. My bad mommy moment. Hopefully he will not be permanently scarred. But I am pretty sure he will never take anything that doesn't belong to him.





Life Lessons Lectures


Lying. Check.


Stealing. Check.


Mommy doesn't always get it right. Check