Lynda Loveland: File 13

By Lynda Loveland

Posted: May 23, 2012

You know the file I’m talking about. The one where you put about 75 percent of your kids papers and art projects.

Aww come on, I know you do it too! You gotta! There’s no room for everything!

I save the good stuff. The stuff that means something. I have a box for each child that’s handy, so I can put it in there right away. But the rest of it, well, it either goes into the recycling bin or, dare I say, the trash.

I’ve been lazy lately. I haven’t been burying it or disguising it well enough. Twice now in the last week, my five-year-old has thrown something away only to find one of her papers. “Mom, why is my picture in the trash?”

And then the ensuing white lie. “I don’t know honey, it must have gotten mixed up with something else.” “Why is it wet?” “I don’t know, maybe it’s the bacon grease I just poured in there.”

You see, if you throw something of theirs away, you have to make sure it’s not salvageable. Otherwise they’ll dig it back out and put it on the fridge.

I’m not totally awful and unfeeling. I let each of them put up one piece of art on the fridge. I admit I like to look at it too, but there are limits.

Have you been busted by your kids for something similar?

Lynda is the mom of three and co-host of Mix 101.5 WRAL-FM's Bill & Lynda in the Morning. Find her here on Thursdays. Click here to find her on Facebook.

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My son is in the 1st grade and he comes home on occasion with items from the 'treasure box.' They are dollar store goodies and some are even old happy meal toys that are donated to the class. Every time he brings one inside, if it hasn't been opened, I toss it into the yard sale 'free item' box. He will sometimes see his new item on the top of the stack and will give me the stink eye and ask, "Uhm....WHY is my good behavior treasure in the free bin?"

MyKidRox
May 24, 2012 9:08 a.m.