Gracie: "Mom! When did you paint the bathroom?"
Me: "What bathroom?"
Gracie: "The one downstairs! You painted it. When did you paint it brown?"
Me: "Over a year ago."
Gracie: "REALLY?!?!"
I'm torn. On one hand I have to laugh that she truly JUST NOTICED that I painted the bathroom.
On the other hand, this is one thing that frustrates me to no end about her. She just does not pay attention. She will come up to me and say "I can't find my shoes anywhere!!" And I will say something like, "They're sitting right next to you" or "That's because you're already wearing them."
(Yes, that actually happens.)
Honestly, how do you get your kids to pay attention? When I tell them to look for their [shoes, books, backpack, coat] they inevitably come back to me saying "I can't find it!" I tell them exactly where to look, and they can't find something that is sitting in plain sight. Gracie has actually come into our room at 3am to tell me she can't find her blankie when it is sitting right on her pillow.
Is this some kind of stage? Please tell me they grow out of this!
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apparently grace has inherited her ADD-traits from her favorite aunt…
oops!
Oh my goodness lol!!! A YEAR later!!!???
Thats like my students… where is my HW?? Oh… on my desk.
I have found myself doing this tons of times or forgetting what I was suppose to be doing 5 minutes ago… might just be a personality trait our family has:o)
I hope they grow out of it. I could have written this post myself. My middle one is the same. exact. way.
I say:
“Pick up your ” (as I point right to it no less) … and he stares right at it … but DOES NOT SEE IT!!! HELLO? Earth to C.!
I think it may just be a quirky thing about him. I already call him the absent-minded professor … so smart but like you said – if his head wasn’t attached …
That is awesome, and annoying. Boo goes through it too at times. Just this morning she was looking for a shirt that she laid on her bed just 15 minutes before hand. It’s fun isn’t it?
i am SO GLAD that my kids aren’t the only ones who do this!! LOL!
humm…. actually my husband suffers from this as well! it drives me crazy that i’m the only one in the whole house who has the ability to find anything!