Here's the week in a nutshell: my sister-in-law and nephews had been visiting since the previous Friday and besides So I think that it was understandable that on Wednesday night, after a long day at the park with two young boys (3 and almost 5) plus their cousins and auntie (me), my sister-in-law didn't realize that she had left one of our bags (the bag was mine, but she was using it) behind in the parking lot when she drove off to pick us up (we got lost from them leaving the park again, the same as on Monday and only met them in the parking lot later). We only realized her mistake when we got home and began to unload the car. The worst part of it was not the little bit of cash we'd left in there or our driver's licenses (a big hassle, but replaceable), but the video camera and the camera with the photos (I'll share some of them later, the ones with Big Bird and Elmo are adorable ;-). We were really upset and could hardly sleep, so early the next morning SIL and I drove once more to the park, over an hour before its opening time (we just wished we'd managed to get there so early with four boys in the previous days!), to try to find it.
On the way there I called security, which informed me that the bag had not been found! :-( We decided to go ask anyway and we proceeded to the customer service booth outside the entrance. The girl (it was really a young high school girl like every single person working at that park, save for some security guards) went and looked and said that the bag was not there. We then asked her to bring us the form for lost and found items (I'd already filled it on Wednesday reporting our lost shirt) and she left. We were there waiting and lamenting for the thousandth time the lost things and photos (my nephews' swim shirts would not be easily replaced either ;-) when we heard a voice behind us (to the side) saying: "Is it this one?"We turned around and saw the girl who had opened a door to the side of the booths and there was our bag!! I was so happy I had to give her a hug while we thanked her. She said she'd looked at a different place. Phew! What a relief! We could hardly believe how lucky we were, given that we'd already given the bag up for lost and had lamented the oversight endlessly. We walked away giddily, taking photos, asking this girl to take a picture of us:
What a relief! SIL even placed the bag in front of the park sign so we could record our great recovery:
And now, to end the post "Elmo's World" style (imagine this in Elmo's annoying voice), I have a question for... you:What have you lost and, perhaps, found (or not) that was a direct consequence of having so many things to worry about as a mother out and about with your kids?
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Don't want to get started thinking on the lost and found stuff, but did want to pass this on to you: I get the "Cool Mom Picks" newsletter because occasionally they have great deals. One thing earlier this month was www.uvskinz.com, a company started by a mom of 3 after her husband died of melanoma in his 30s. They make UV safe rashguards and I love the one I got. The code is old but they might honor it...?
15% off with code CMP15B through 8/8
Mine is awesome! Also, Lands End had them on sale and I bought a big-ish one for my son for next year.
Finally, did your kids enjoy the park? I was fretting mine might be "aging out." But maybe not!
During our move here I lost a small bag of toiletries and medicine for baby. Nothing huge, but enough to still make me sad.
And I bought a rash guard for baby at the same place as your original one. They really have some good sales there sometime (I only shop the clearance rack), so it's worth looking again, especially at the end of summer.
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