In search of the lost lunch eaters

We have a free lunch program here in the summer for anyone under 18 years of age. My children all go to over to the elementary near by or the park in the other direction. Today when everyone was ready to go I heard several voices calling for Nick and then Karlie came down stairs to ask me wear he was. Well, you know what a mom must do when one of the little ones isn't where s/he is supposed to be, so I got up and went on the hunt. I quickly realized that Nicholas wasn't alone and that Miss Ashlynn wasn't anywhere to be found either. We broke up into groups looking for the two little misguided lambs calling out their names. The boys went up to the school to see if Nick and Ashlynn had gone up there for lunch, some of the girls got on their bikes to ride around the neighborhood, and I went down to the pond with one of the girls to search for our youngest independent children.

I found one of our bikes on the side of the road about two blocks away just laying there...Hmm...how did that get there?!!

I could hear the children calling for their brother and sister, yet I saw no sign of them. I guess we'd been looking for about ten minutes...not a LONG time but more than we should've had to...when one of the girls called out that they'd been found...at the school eating lunch. Whew! GRrrr!

I DO NOT like it when little ones think they are big and take off places.

Well, the children went and had their lunch, several of the older ones scolding Nick and Ashlynn, and when they came back I talked to the little ones. They now have to stay inside so I know where they are because their safety is very important. You know, they're not to keen on that, but that's just the way it is.

Thank goodness they were at the school eating lunch.