The Case of the Missing Undies

After noticing that both boys were 'missing' a significant number of underwear, we asked them where the rest of their underwear was. Of course, they did not know, so we launched an investigation/search party.

We have looked in every drawer in the house, every closet, and every cupboard.

Nothing.

We looked under beds, under mattresses, under sheets, under drawers and underneath all pieces of furniture we have.

Nothing.

We looked in garbage cans and through garbage itself.

Nothing.

We even searched the basement and the air vents (BoyTwo is fascinated with putting things in there).

Still nothing.

I'm really hoping that they threw them away and we somehow missed finding them in our search and that they aren't hiding out somewhere dirty. Ew.

It's such a mystery to me. I've also noticed that BoyOne puts his dirty clothes back into his drawers. Even his icky socks. The smell was the dead give away there:) With BoyTwo, I've taken to helping him bathe and dress so that I can see firsthand that everything is getting put where it is supposed to go. We'll have to figure out another system for BoyOne, or use the system that is used with his brother as a threat. It makes me wonder how often clothing really was washed at the orphanage. It smelled like never. I'm beginning to think that it probably never was, if the kids always just traded their clothing with each other, or put it back into the closets dirty. That would explain the smell and the dirt.

So, we never did find the undies. Being unwilling to wash their two pair of underwear every other day, I caved and bought them each a new package. That isn't to say that I don't do wash every single day, because I do. Just not a load of underclothing every other day. Good grief!

...sorry if the title led you to believe there was a funny story ahead...