Wardrobe Change

This is just a downright funny story that I will repeat at Kaelin's graduation, wedding, and any other function that calls for a funny Kaelin story.

This happened about 6 weeks ago, so I am a little slow getting around to posting it, but it is sooooo worth sharing.

Shortly after the start of kindergarten, Kaelin came home with a little bag of her clothes and a note that said she had an accident in her pants at school.

I always send a little bag of clothes in Kaelin's backpack, just in case she gets dirty - or has an accident.

So, Kaelin and I talked about the accident. No big deal. Right?????

I was thinking, new school, new rules, she just must not have down potty routine yet.

So... about one week later...

Another bag... another note...

Kaelin and I talk AGAIN... I give her the whole "you don't want to be the kid that pee's in her pants at school" story.

I think I got through to her...

A couple more days go by...

ANOTHER BAG.... ANOTHER NOTE

REALLY... this time Kaelin and I talk, but there is not "oh it is okay... accidents happen..." mess. This time I mean business. What is going on???

Kaelin's response "Well... I just needed to go and I could not make it".

A few more days go by...

ANOTHER BAG... ANOTHER NOTE

Another talk, but this time with Dad.... This talk does not go the way Kaelin thinks it is going to go. He has no sympathy. He tells her there will be NO BAG... NO NOTE. She seemed to understand... so we thought...

A few more days go by....

I go up to Kaelin's school to surprise her for lunch. As soon as I checked into the office and walked around the corner, I ran into Kaelin... with a bag of clothes in her hand. She was going to the nurse.

Kaelin had a deer in headlights look on her face.

BUSTED...

I go into the nurses office with her to find out what is going on. Is she not being allowed to go to the bathroom???? Is she nervous???? Is she scared to ask????

I was determined to get to the bottom of it.

The nurse and I talk for a little bit. We try to figure out if there is a time pattern to her coming in. In the mean time, I send Kaelin to the bathroom. I tell her to just change her panties. She tells me no that she needs to change her whole outfit. I say "no, just your panties".

The nurse and I talk a little more.

I then go into the bathroom to help Kaelin. She has not changed one thing. She looks like she is about to cry.

I said "what is wrong".

She says "I need to change my clothes because I might get hot on the playground."

DING DING DING...

The light bulb in my head goes off.

I felt her panties... DRY as when she put them on after her bath.

I feel my face getting hot. My blood was beginning to boil. But part of me was relieved.

I said "Kaelin, you did not wet your pants. Why did you come to the nurses office?"

She suddenly realizes she has been figured out.

She says "Well, I might have wet my pants." What... might have wet your pants... like if you did not go to the bathroom all day, you might have wet your pants... Really... this was the response I got.

I said "Kaelin, you are not changing clothes. Have you been wetting your pants at school or just changing your clothes?"

No response.

I already knew the answer.

Kaelin had found a way to have a wardrobe change during the middle of the day.

I walk her back to lunch and we talk about this situation a little more.

I said "Kaelin, all of the kids in your room think you have been wetting your pants. What do you think they think about that? They are going to make fun of you."

She says "Oh mom, they don't care, they don't make fun of me". So, I am wondering if they knew her game all along or if they truly just did not care.

After lunch, I walk her back to her room and I talk to her teacher. I tell her teacher about meeting her on the way to the nurse. I tell the teacher the little game Kaelin has been playing. Her teacher said she was beginning to think something like that might be occurring.

When I left the school, I called Todd. I explained the situation to him. By this time, I was beginning to find some humor in it. Todd found NO humor in it at all. In fact, I thought he was going to leave work, come check Kaelin out of school, and give her a piece of his mind.

So... she has not come home with any more bags of clothes and no more notes from the nurse.

No more wardrobe changes for the little diva.