The weather is getting much colder. I've sent out newsletters and verbal reminders to parents to please dress children accordingly. We go out every single day, unless it is pouring rain or obviously freezing cold out.
DCM brings her two children. The 23 mo. old has mittens. The 3 year old does not. She tells me that she will pick up some tonight. This was on Monday. So I tell her that I will loan her son a pair of mittens. I scrouge through our winter gear and find an extra pair with string attached to go threw the sleeves so that the mittens don't get lost.
So DCB uses the mittens during the day. When we come in from our outside play, I take mittens out of the sleeves and place them down on the shoe rack (which also houses hats, scarves, etc).
So DCM comes to pick up yesterday. Does not ask if she can take the mittens home with her tonight for her son as she did NOT get him a pair as promised. She just picks them up, feeds them thru her son's jacket and walks out.
I only discovered this after my daughter was crying for her snowman mittens last night when we went out for our walk. She didn't want her new ones, she wanted her snowman mittens from last year (they are little big so they still fit her). I looked on the shoe rack, I looked in the closets I was going nuts, cause I KNOW i left them right on the shoe rack after our outing yesterday.
So who walks in today with said mittens dangling from his coat. YUP. DCB. I just looked so surprised and said "Ohhhh...that's were they are...we were looking for these last night" DCM just chuckles. Does not even offer an apology or explanation. Seriously...I do so much for her two kids. Supplying winter clothing is NOT part of the package. This just bugs me on so many levels.
He may wear them today, obviously as DCM didn't bring mittens for him again. Tonite before they leave I'm going to make a point of taking them out of his coat and reminding her she needs to go an get him his own pair.