Where's Hannah?
At Alastair Lane’s farewell, Hannah, then two, became engrossed in a game of “Where did it go?” with another guest. Hannah was hiding a small ball down the front of her dress and holding it in place with her hands. Her “mature” friend asked “Where did it go?” Hannah shrugged her shoulders, holding her hands out and replied “I don’t know” at which point the ball dropped to the ground and everyone cried “there it is!” in great excitement. And then Hannah would pick up the ball and round the game would go.
While we don’t play the game anymore, it has become a bit of a family joke when we ask Hannah where something is. She often replies, with a twinkle, a shrug of her shoulders and her hands outstretched – “I don’t know!”
Thursday night we stayed at Lee’s house in Normandale, the children all bedded down in the family room together, one on a mattress, the others on couches and large chairs. Hannah had some trouble settling, coming upstairs once as she woke to find herself in a strange place. This, despite bringing her pillow and her clown sleeping bag which she loves and her buzzy bee and…well, you know what three year olds are like!
Anyway, Chris popped down to check on the kids later and came back asking “where is Hannah?” She’d disappeared. Not in her bed. Hadn’t fallen off the couch and rolled underneath. Rushed around upstairs, couldn’t see her. We hadn’t heard anything but there were noisy dogs outside making a bit of a racket.
She’s done this disappearing act before of course, when we were staying at Chris’s brother’s place. She was much younger and we’d put her to sleep on our nephew’s bed. When I went to check on her, she’d gone! She was only just one at that stage, so she could’ve got up and walked off but then where was her blanket? On closer inspection, she’d dropped into a gap between the bed and the wall, still on the duvet so she couldn’t be seen by looking under the bed but not visible from the top either unless you climbed onto the bed! But, sure enough, there she was, snuggled in with a smile on her face.
Isn’t it funny how things you’ve lost are always in the last place you look!
So we went back down and had a closer look, trying not to wake the other children who were all fast asleep. Yes, the other three were there. Checked the toilet downstairs and the bed in the other room. Where’s Hannah?
Then something made me check the other children again. And – there she is! Fast asleep beside her sister, snuggled in with a smile on her face.
While we don’t play the game anymore, it has become a bit of a family joke when we ask Hannah where something is. She often replies, with a twinkle, a shrug of her shoulders and her hands outstretched – “I don’t know!”
Thursday night we stayed at Lee’s house in Normandale, the children all bedded down in the family room together, one on a mattress, the others on couches and large chairs. Hannah had some trouble settling, coming upstairs once as she woke to find herself in a strange place. This, despite bringing her pillow and her clown sleeping bag which she loves and her buzzy bee and…well, you know what three year olds are like!
Anyway, Chris popped down to check on the kids later and came back asking “where is Hannah?” She’d disappeared. Not in her bed. Hadn’t fallen off the couch and rolled underneath. Rushed around upstairs, couldn’t see her. We hadn’t heard anything but there were noisy dogs outside making a bit of a racket.
She’s done this disappearing act before of course, when we were staying at Chris’s brother’s place. She was much younger and we’d put her to sleep on our nephew’s bed. When I went to check on her, she’d gone! She was only just one at that stage, so she could’ve got up and walked off but then where was her blanket? On closer inspection, she’d dropped into a gap between the bed and the wall, still on the duvet so she couldn’t be seen by looking under the bed but not visible from the top either unless you climbed onto the bed! But, sure enough, there she was, snuggled in with a smile on her face.
Isn’t it funny how things you’ve lost are always in the last place you look!
So we went back down and had a closer look, trying not to wake the other children who were all fast asleep. Yes, the other three were there. Checked the toilet downstairs and the bed in the other room. Where’s Hannah?
Then something made me check the other children again. And – there she is! Fast asleep beside her sister, snuggled in with a smile on her face.
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