Unsolved Mysteries

Allary's favorite thing to do lately is hide things. It is infuriating because every time I turn around she takes something and puts it in some obscure place and then she won't or can't tell me where it is when I need it. Here's a list of the lost objects to date:

1- about 10 binkies
status: still lost
2- a pair of shoes
status: one still missing, one pair found inside an empty wipes box
3- a few sippy cups
status: I just hope none of them had milk in them
4- my cell phone
status: found (for now) I had to go next door and ask my neighbor to call me until I found it in one of the trash cans
5- a whole bunch of candy
status: I have no idea. I came downstairs this morning to a very suspicious looking Allary who was moving a chair around the kitchen. I said, "What are you doing?" She said "Allary's candy?" I looked in the cute little bucket of Halloween candy that came in a package from Grandma and it had gone from completely full to completely empty. I asked her over and over where she put it and she won't tell me. Ugh. I know she didn't eat it because there would have been evidence of that on her face and hands. She's stashing it away for later, I'm sure.
6- a library book
status: found and returned after having to renew twice to avoid the fine.
7- about 16 oz of water
Okay, this is the most mysterious of them all. I was trying to get out the door the other day to go somewhere. I set my stuff on the little table by the door which included a full water bottle. We were ready to go and I realized I needed to return her library book (see item 6). After a few minutes of searching, I gave up and came back down to find Allary standing by the door, right where I left her. I reached for my water bottle and it was gone. I said, "Ally, did you take Mommy's water?" She replied, "Yes." I said, "Where did you put it?" She answered, "Trash?" Sure enough, there in the trash was my empty water bottle with the lid off. I didn't know she could unscrew the lids yet and so I felt the top of the trash to see if she had dumped all the water there. Dry as a bone. Hmmm. I asked, "Ally, did you spill Mommy's water?" She said, "Yes. Uh-oh Mommy." I know she didn't drink it because she didn't have that much time and because she is still not good at drinking from a cup so there would have been evidence on her shirt. I crawled around on my hands and knees all over the house feeling for wet spots and came up with nothing. I even checked in drawers, closets, anywhere she could reach. It's still driving me mad. I laid awake that night thinking there's got to be a puddle of water somewhere in my house, for crying out loud. Where is it?!?!
8- frosting
Okay, so this one's not so much mysterious, but a little funny.
I came into the kitchen to find some cupcakes on the counter with the frosting gone from the tops! Hmmm.
How curious. Then this came walking into the kitchen...


I had to laugh. :)