So...I am awoken this morning by the phone ringing. We never receive phone calls this early! I got up, I could not recognize the name on the caller ID. I checked voice mail...what do you know? A Mother to one of Drew's classmates left a message saying she thinks her son has something that belongs to Drew and that she needs to return it. I knew right then...
I called her back, and she tells me that her son came home from school just before christmas with a $20 bill that he said was given to him by Drew. She had told him that he should never accept that much money from anyone at school. So, she wanted to return it to me. I explained to her that it was D's birthday money and had been missing since the last day of school before christmas.
I woke Drew up and we had a talk...
I told her about the phone call, and asked her again if she took the money. She tried to continue lying. Saying she 'thought it was her money'. What? I told her nothing is hers unless it is given directly to her, and told to her that it is for her! I finally got out of her who she gave the remaining money to. Another classmate. I have tried calling that Mother, but still haven't gotten through.
I just cannot believe she did this. Let alone, lied, and lied, and LIED TO US!
So...punishment is: her new gift from 'Santa', the nintendo DS now belongs to Mom and Daddy until all of the money is returned. Only thing is, how can I expect this other Mother that hasn't contacted me to give back to us what she did not take, but my daughter GAVE to her dtr? How does that work?
In any case, I do plan to call her and let her know that her dtr was given money that should not have been gifted to her. You just never know what kind of reaction someone is going to have. I have found in my 12 years of being a Mother, that many other parents do not instill any moral values in thier children, but rather take extreme defense and blame you right back. We'll see how it goes...
Thankyou to the Mom that was ever so honest, and returned the $20. THANKYOU!
On another note:
Beau's much desired shoot gun from 'Santa' will not take the caps that we purchased, and we cannot find any that will work with it. That is without paying a ridiculous additional $20 hazardous materials fee if we order them from Cabela's, which is where D ordered the gun from. What a total bummer for that boy! So, D went and bought that boy a cheap $6.99 cap gun that WILL take the caps that we purchased. Might have to return the original shoot gun.
Also, seems that everthing that takes batteries this year is draining them faster than I can replace them! What is up with that? Augghh!!!!