Here, I was keeping it on the ledge of the bar/breakfast thingy. So this morning, I woke up and searched. I have no idea why, really. Guess what was missing!? My wedding ring!
So I started panicking, looking under cushions, in the sink, under the fridge - everywhere. NOTHING. My last reaction was to crawl back into bed and start sobbing uncontrollably. I must have looked pathetic because Xiris took pitty on me and tried to locate it.
As a last ditch effort - he put on his ring and showed it to PrincessFace and said "this is daddy's ring. mommy has one just like it, but smaller, do you know where it is?"
Her response was to shout "I GOT IT I GOT IT!" and run away into her bedroom. Xiris followed her and found her playing with the computer tower stored in there. She again said "I GOT IT I GOT IT!" while trying to stick her finger in an air vent under the USB flap on the front of the machine. Xiris initially thought that she didn't understand what we were looking for - so he asked her again with the same response.
Look carefully. Do you see it?
Yep, somehow she had gotten ahold of it and found a time away from me long enough to WEDGE, SHOVE and CRAM that sucker in the hole. It was firmly lodged in that vent - between the metal of the tower and the NONREMOVEABLE plastic faceplate.
She was so proud of herself - although I think she was more proud of being able to understand the question and to tell us where it was.
When we found it, I crumpled on the floor with that silly kid in my arms and cried and kissed her silly. She thought that was great fun - but insisted that "mommy okay, kiss it better"
Sigh.