We have a neighbor who's the same age as ds and in his class at school. They're not good friends, but she does come over to play when she can't find anyone else (and vice versa). Sometimes she'll be here with the neighborhood 'pack' as well.
Several times, treasured toys that ds owns have gone missing after she has visited. Once she pressured him into 'lending' it to her (I went and got it back), once or twice we just don't know. We lost a webkinz raccoon that ds was particularly fond of after she'd been her and it never did reappear.
She was here on Tuesday afternoon and the kids were playing with ds' stopwatch. The stopwatch is a favorite toy of a lot of the kids when they're here.
Wednesday ds wanted to use the stopwatch to time his stuffed animals in the 'Animal Olympics' (slalom skiing). We searched high and low and couldn't find it. Yesterday, ds asked the girl at school where she'd left it. She told him it was in his bedroom. We spent another 15-20 minutes looking for it after dinner, and then ds had the bright idea of going down to her house and asking her to show him where it was. Lo and behold! She'd 'accidentally' worn it home.
Ds, trusting soul, believes it was an accident. I don't.
Is there anything we can do? I'm mainly irked because we spent a good hour looking for this toy and ds was in real distress about not being able to find it. It's hard to run the Olympics without being able to time the contestants! I'm not always in a position to frisk her before she leaves.
Several times, treasured toys that ds owns have gone missing after she has visited. Once she pressured him into 'lending' it to her (I went and got it back), once or twice we just don't know. We lost a webkinz raccoon that ds was particularly fond of after she'd been her and it never did reappear.
She was here on Tuesday afternoon and the kids were playing with ds' stopwatch. The stopwatch is a favorite toy of a lot of the kids when they're here.
Wednesday ds wanted to use the stopwatch to time his stuffed animals in the 'Animal Olympics' (slalom skiing). We searched high and low and couldn't find it. Yesterday, ds asked the girl at school where she'd left it. She told him it was in his bedroom. We spent another 15-20 minutes looking for it after dinner, and then ds had the bright idea of going down to her house and asking her to show him where it was. Lo and behold! She'd 'accidentally' worn it home.
Ds, trusting soul, believes it was an accident. I don't.
Is there anything we can do? I'm mainly irked because we spent a good hour looking for this toy and ds was in real distress about not being able to find it. It's hard to run the Olympics without being able to time the contestants! I'm not always in a position to frisk her before she leaves.
